Cellosaurus cell line U-87 MG-EGFP (CVCL

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Cell line name	U-87 MG-EGFP
Accession	CVCL_C8WL
Resource Identification Initiative	To cite this cell line use: U-87 MG-EGFP (RRID:CVCL_C8WL)
Comments	Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Parent cell line (U-87MG ATCC) is not the original glioblastoma cell line established in 1968 at the University of Uppsala. Population: Caucasian. Genetic integration: Method=Transduction; Gene=FPbase; R9NL8; eGFP (Note=Enhanced GFP). Genetic integration: Method=Transduction; Gene=UniProtKB; P13249; Streptomyces alboniger pac (PuroR).
Sequence variations	Mutation; HGNC; HGNC:7765; NF1; Simple; p.Phe1247Ilefs*18 (c.3739_3742delTTTG) (3737_3740delTGTT); ClinVar=VCV000420078; Zygosity=Heterozygous (from parent cell line). Mutation; HGNC; HGNC:9588; PTEN; Simple; c.209+1G>T; ClinVar=VCV000229705; Zygosity=Homozygous; Note=Splice donor mutation (from parent cell line). Mutation; HGNC; HGNC:11730; TERT; Simple; c.1-124C>T (c.228C>T) (C228T); Zygosity=Unspecified; Note=In promoter (from parent cell line).
Disease	Glioblastoma (NCIt: C3058) Glioblastoma (ORDO: Orphanet_360)
Species of origin	Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Hierarchy	Parent: CVCL_0022 (U-87MG ATCC)
Sex of cell	Male
Age at sampling	Age unspecified
Category	Cancer cell line
Cell line collections (Providers)	Ubigene; YC-C028-EGFP-P
Encyclopedic resources	Wikidata; Q123033664
Entry history
Entry creation	05-Oct-2023
Last entry update	14-Aug-2025
Version number	5