CAL-51

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Cat.No.

CSC-C0382

Description

Established from the pleural effusion metastasis of a 45-year-old woman with progressive breast adenocarcinoma (after radio-, chemotherapy and surgery) in 1985; rare example of tumor cell line with normal karyotype

Species

Human

Source

breast carcinoma

Recommended Medium

80% DMEM + 20% h.i.FBS

Culture Properties

monolayer

Morphology

epithelial-like adherent cells growing in monolayers; the culture contains usually a large amount of cell debris

Karyotype

Human near-diploid karyotype with 28% tetraploidy - 46<2n>XX, no consistent abnormality detected - rare example of tumor cell line with normal karyotype - resembles published karyotype

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Quality Control

Mycoplasma: negative in DAPI, microbiological culture, RNA hybridization assays
Immunology: cytokeratin +, cytokeratin-7 -, cytokeratin-8 +, cytokeratin-17 -, cytokeratin-18 +, cytokeratin-19 +, desmin -, endothel -, EpCAM +, GFAP -, neurofilament -, vime

Storage and Shipping

Frozen with 70% medium, 20% FBS, 10% DMSO at about 2 x 10^6 cells/ampoule; ship in dry ice; store in liquid nitrogen

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