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COLO 839

COLO 839

Catalogue No.

93051119

Cell Line Name

COLO 839

Cell Line Description

Derived from the peripheral blood of a 43 year old Caucasian male with widespread melanoma. The cells were transformed with defective EBV (B-95-W8).COLO 839 (ECACC Catalogue number 93051119), COLO 858 (ECACC Catalogue number 93052613) and COLO 857 (ECACC Catalogue number 93051120) were all derived from the same 43 year-old male patient with malignant melanoma (see references below). This has been confirmed by STR profiling;

Characteristics

Tissue of Origin

Blood

DNA profile (STR Profile)

Amelogenin: X,Y
CSF1PO: 11,13
D5S818: 11,12
D7S820: 8,10
D13S317: 11,12
D16S539: 11,13
TH01: 9.3,10
TPOX: 8,11
vWA: 17,19

Karyotype

Not specified

Applications

Tumourigenicity studies

Disease

Normal Tissue from Cancer Patient

Culture Conditions

Cell Type

Lymphoblastoid

Subculture Routine

Maintain cultures between 2-9x100,000 cells/ml; 5% CO₂; 37°C.

Culture Medium

RPMI 1640 + 2mM Glutamine + 10% Foetal Bovine Serum (FBS).

Growth Mode

Suspension

Additional Info

Depositor

Prof G Moore, Colorado Oncology Foundation, Denver General Hospital, Co 80204-4507

Country of Origin

United States

Hazard Group (ACDP)

Hazard Group (ACDP) 2

Applications

References

Morse HG, Moore GE (1993) Cytogenetic homogeneity in eight independent sites in a case of malignant melanoma Cancer Genet Cytogenet. 69(2):108-12. PMID: 8402545.

Bibliography

Easty DJ, Guthrie BA, Maung K, Farr CJ, Lindberg RA, Toso RJ, Herlyn M, Bennett DC (1995) Protein B61 as a new growth factor: expression of B61 and up-regulation of its receptor epithelial cell kinase during melanoma progression. Cancer Res. 55(12):2528-32. PMID: 7780963. Maung K, Easty DJ, Hill SP, Bennett DC. (1999) Requirement for focal adhesion kinase in tumor cell adhesion. Oncogene. 18(48):6824-8. PMID: 10597292.

Available Formats

  • Frozen
  • DNA-5µg (100ng/µl)

If use of this culture results in a scientific publication, it should be cited in the publication as: COLO 839 (ECACC 93051119).

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