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Cellosaurus U-251MG sp (CVCL_5G56)

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Cell line name U-251MG sp
Synonyms U-251 MG sp; U-251 MGsp; U-251SP
Accession CVCL_5G56
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: U-251MG sp (RRID:CVCL_5G56)
Comments Population: Caucasian.
Characteristics: Spindle cell variant obtained by differential trypsinization of parent cell line.
Derived from site: In situ; Brain, parietal lobe; UBERON=UBERON_0001872.
Sequence variations
  • Mutation; HGNC; 9588; PTEN; Simple; p.Glu242Valfs*15 (c.723_724dupTG); ClinVar=VCV000536553; Zygosity=Unspecified (from parent cell line).
  • Mutation; HGNC; 11730; TERT; Simple; c.1-124C>T (c.228C>T) (C228T); Zygosity=Unspecified; Note=In promoter (from parent cell line).
  • Mutation; HGNC; 11998; TP53; Simple; p.Arg273His (c.818G>A); ClinVar=VCV000012366; Zygosity=Unspecified (from parent cell line).
Disease Astrocytoma (NCIt: C60781)
Astrocytoma (ORDO: Orphanet_94)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Hierarchy Parent: CVCL_0021 (U-251MG)
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling 75Y
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

PubMed=6260907; DOI=10.1097/00005072-198105000-00001
Bigner D.D., Bigner S.H., Ponten J., Westermark B., Mahaley M.S. Jr., Ruoslahti E., Herschman H., Eng L.F., Wikstrand C.J.
Heterogeneity of genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of fifteen permanent cell lines derived from human gliomas.
J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 40:201-229(1981)

PubMed=3675803
Bigner S.H., Bjerkvig R., Laerum O.D., Muhlbaier L.H., Bigner D.D.
DNA content and chromosomes in permanent cultured cell lines derived from malignant human gliomas.
Anal. Quant. Cytol. Histol. 9:435-444(1987)

PubMed=2454731
Nister M., Libermann T.A., Betsholtz C., Pettersson M., Claesson-Welsh L., Heldin C.-H., Schlessinger J., Westermark B.
Expression of messenger RNAs for platelet-derived growth factor and transforming growth factor-alpha and their receptors in human malignant glioma cell lines.
Cancer Res. 48:3910-3918(1988)

PubMed=1847665
Bongcam-Rudloff E., Nister M., Betsholtz C., Wang J.-L., Stenman G., Huebner K., Croce C.M., Westermark B.
Human glial fibrillary acidic protein: complementary DNA cloning, chromosome localization, and messenger RNA expression in human glioma cell lines of various phenotypes.
Cancer Res. 51:1553-1560(1991)

DOI=10.1016/B978-0-12-333530-2.50005-8
Nister M., Westermark B.
Human glioma cell lines.
(In) Atlas of human tumor cell lines; Hay R.J., Park J.-G., Gazdar A.F. (eds.); pp.17-42; Academic Press; New York (1994)

Cross-references
Cell line databases/resources cancercelllines; CVCL_5G56
Anatomy/cell type resources BTO; BTO:0005865
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54973555
Entry history
Entry creation14-Dec-2015
Last entry update05-Oct-2023
Version number15