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Cellosaurus AK-5 (CVCL_C0P8)

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Cell line name AK-5
Accession CVCL_C0P8
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: AK-5 (RRID:CVCL_C0P8)
Comments Miscellaneous: This is not a cell line but a transplantable tumor that originally arose in a rats given an intraperitoneal injection with the cell-free ascitic fluid of a chemically induced, established ascites liver tumor ZAH (PubMed=3457975).
Cell type: Macrophage; CL=CL_0000235.
Disease Rat histiocytic sarcoma (NCIt: C60419)
Species of origin Rattus norvegicus (Rat) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10116)
Breed/subspecies: Wistar; RS=RS_0000955.
Hierarchy Children:
CVCL_C0P9 (AK-5 clone BC-7)CVCL_C0PA (AK-5 clone BC-8)CVCL_C0PB (AK-5 clone BE-5)
CVCL_C0PC (AK-5 clone EC-2)CVCL_C0PD (AK-5 clone FB-11)
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

PubMed=3457975; DOI=10.1093/jnci/76.5.871
Ashok Khar;
Development and characterization of a rat histiocyte-macrophage tumor line.
J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 76:871-878(1986)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q112929227
Entry history
Entry creation23-Jun-2022
Last entry update10-Apr-2025
Version number6