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Cellosaurus MTEC1 (CVCL_0443)

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Cell line name MTEC1
Synonyms Murine Thymic Epithelial Cell line 1
Accession CVCL_0443
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: MTEC1 (RRID:CVCL_0443)
Comments Doubling time: 17.1 hours (PubMed=1581557).
Derived from site: In situ; Thymus, epithelium; UBERON=UBERON_0003846.
Cell type: Epithelial cell of thymus; CL=CL_0002293.
Species of origin Mus musculus (Mouse) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10090)
Breed/subspecies: BALB/c.
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling 4-6W
Category Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Web pages Info; COPE; -; http://www.cells-talk.com/index.php/page/copelibrary?key=MTEC1
Publications

DOI=10.1038/cr.1992.17
Chen W.-F., Sun Q.-L., Tao J.-P.
Selective support of a mouse thymus epithelial cell line (MTEC1) to the viability and proliferation of CD4+ CD8-, CD4- CD8-, and CD4+CD8+ thymocytes in vitro.
Cell Res. 2:183-193(1992)

PubMed=1581557
Chen W.-F., Fan W., Cao L.-X., Zhang P.-X.
Multiple types of cytokines constitutively produced by an established murine thymic epithelial cell line.
Eur. Cytokine Netw. 3:43-52(1992)

Cross-references
Cell line databases/resources MCCL; MCC:0000339
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54906996
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update10-Apr-2025
Version number11