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Cell line name | PC-3 |
Accession number | ICLC HTL97018 |
Brief description | Species: human, Caucasian; Tissue: prostate; Tumor: adenocarcinoma, grade IV |
Description | Species: human, Caucasian male 62 years old; Tissue: prostate; Tumor: adenocarcinoma, grade IV |
Depositor | Obtained from ECACC. |
Reference paper | Invest Urol 1979;17:16 - PMID: 447482 |
Morphology and growth | continuous culture, grown as monolayer, morphology epithelial |
Culture conditions | Ham's F12 + 10% FBS + 2mM L-Glutamine; Split confluent cultures 1:3-1:6 using trypsin/EDTA; seed at 2-5x104 cells/cm2; 37C, 5% CO2. Initially after thawing the viability of the cells may be low, the cells grow slowly and loosely adherent. |
Properties | HLA: A1; A9 |
Distribution | Cell line available for distribution. For non-commercial investigative use only |
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Species validation | Validated by isoenzymes: confirmed as human with MD, NP |
Passage number | 29 |
Tumorigenicity | tumorigenic in nude mice |
Karyology | triploid, modal number 62 |
Freezing medium | 90% FBS + 10% DMSO |
Validation assays | Identification confirmed by Short Tandem Repeat (STR) profile. |
Further bibliography | Cancer Res 1980;40:524 - PMID: 7471073
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