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Cell line name | A-172 |
Accession number | ICLC HTL97013 |
Brief description | Species: human; Tumor: glioblastoma |
Description | Species: human male 53 years old; Tumor: glioblastoma |
Depositor | Obtained from ECACC. |
Reference paper | J Natl Cancer Inst 1973;51:1417-1423 - DOI: 10.1093/jnci/51.5.1417 - PMID: 4357758 |
Morphology and growth | continuous culture, grown as monolayer, morphology glial |
Culture conditions | DMEM + 10% FBS + 2mM L-Glutamine; Seed at 2-4x104 cells/cm2; split confluent cultures 1:4-1:8 using trypsin/EDTA. 37C, 5% CO2. |
Distribution | Cell line available for distribution. For non-commercial investigative use only |
Hazard | |
Species validation | Validated by isoenzymes: confirmed as human with G6PD, NP |
Passage number | 318 |
Tumorigenicity | non tumorigenic in anti thymocyte |
Karyology | hypertriploid; n = 80, over 20 marker chromosomes per cell |
Freezing medium | Culture medium + 50% FBS + 10% DMSO |
Validation assays | Identification confirmed by Short Tandem Repeat (STR) profile. |