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Cellosaurus Mero-48a (CVCL_2593)

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Cell line name Mero-48a
Synonyms MERO48A
Accession CVCL_2593
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: Mero-48a (RRID:CVCL_2593)
Comments Part of: Cancer Dependency Map project (DepMap) (includes Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia - CCLE).
Doubling time: ~24 hours (ECACC=09100104).
Omics: Genomics; Whole exome sequencing.
Derived from site: In situ; Pleural effusion; UBERON=UBERON_0000175.
Disease Pleural biphasic mesothelioma (NCIt: C45665)
Pleural mesothelioma (ORDO: Orphanet_50251)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Originate from same individual CVCL_W102 ! Mero-48b
CVCL_W103 ! Mero-48c
CVCL_W104 ! Mero-48d
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling Age unspecified
Category Cancer cell line
STR profile Source(s): DepMap=ACH-001558; ECACC=09100104

Markers:
AmelogeninX,Y
CSF1PO12
D3S135814,16
D5S81811,12
D7S8209,10
D8S117913,14
D13S31711
D16S5399,11
D18S5112
D21S1127,32.2
FGA19
Penta D14
Penta E16
TH019.3
TPOX8
vWA17,18

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Publications

PubMed=2474517; DOI=10.1002/ijc.2910440212
Marjan A. Versnel, Monique J. Bouts, Henk C. Hoogsteden, Theodorus H. van der Kwast, Mick Delahaye, Anne Hagemeijer;
Establishment of human malignant mesothelioma cell lines.
Int. J. Cancer 44:256-260(1989)

PubMed=25902174; DOI=10.1097/JTO.0000000000000493
Akihiko Miyanaga, Mari Masuda, Koji Tsuta, Kumiko Kawasaki, Yuka Nakamura, Tomohiro Sakuma, Hisao Asamura, Akihiko Gemma, Tesshi Yamada;
Hippo pathway gene mutations in malignant mesothelioma: revealed by RNA and targeted exon sequencing.
J. Thorac. Oncol. 10:844-851(2015)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) ECACC; 09100104
Cell line databases/resources cancercelllines; CVCL_2593
Cell_Model_Passport; SIDM01867
DepMap; ACH-001558
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54905207
Gene expression databases FANTOM5_SSTAR; 10852-111F6
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update10-Apr-2025
Version number20