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Cellosaurus JTC-12 (CVCL_3631)

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Cell line name JTC-12
Synonyms MK; Monkey Kidney; Japanese Tissue Culture-12
Accession CVCL_3631
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: JTC-12 (RRID:CVCL_3631)
Comments Group: Non-human primate cell line.
Group: Space-flown cell line (cellonaut).
Anecdotal: Have been flown in space on shuttle flight STS-47 (Spacelab-J) to study growth in microgravity (DOI=10.2187/bss.6.147; PubMed=12101351).
Derived from site: In situ; Kidney; UBERON=UBERON_0002113.
Species of origin Macaca fascicularis (Crab-eating macaque) (Cynomolgus monkey) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9541)
Hierarchy Children:
CVCL_5483 (JTC-12.P3)CVCL_5484 (JTC-12.P3(F))
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling Adult
Category Spontaneously immortalized cell line
Publications

PubMed=13984589
Toshiko Takaoka, Hajim Katsuta, Motoshige Endo, Koshiro Sato, Hideo Okumura;
Establishment of a cell strain, JTC-12, from cynomolgus monkey kidney tissue.
Jpn. J. Exp. Med. 32:351-368(1962)

PubMed=4328993; DOI=10.1016/0014-4827(71)90412-5
Toshiko Takaoka, Hajim Katsuta;
Long-term cultivation of mammalian cell strains in protein- and lipid-free chemically defined synthetic media.
Exp. Cell Res. 67:295-304(1971)

DOI=10.2187/bss.6.147
Atsushige Sato;
Mammalian cells in space weightlessness.
Uchu Seibutsu Kagaku 6:147-153(1993)

PubMed=12101351
Atsushige Sato, Yasuhiro Kumei, Kazuko Sato, Toshio Hongo, Tatsuo Hamazaki, Ichiro Masuda, Tohru Nakajima, Takeo Ohmura, Masayoshi Kaiho, Tetsuji Sato, Kenjiro Wake;
Studies on the effects of microgravity on the ultrastructure and function of cultured mammalian cells.
Uchu Seibutsu Kagaku 15 Suppl. 1:S61-S63(2001)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) RCB; RCB0456
RCB; RCB1485
Cell line databases/resources CLO; CLO_0050517
CLO; CLO_0050518
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54899084
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update29-Jun-2023
Version number13