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Cellosaurus HCS-2/A (CVCL_E262)

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Cell line name HCS-2/A
Accession CVCL_E262
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: HCS-2/A (RRID:CVCL_E262)
Comments Population: Japanese.
Doubling time: 3.5 days (PubMed=2071232).
Derived from site: In situ; Bone, humerus; UBERON=UBERON_0000976.
Disease Chondrosarcoma (NCIt: C2946)
Chondrosarcoma (ORDO: Orphanet_55880)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Originate from same individual CVCL_E261 ! HCS-2/8
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling 72Y
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

PubMed=2071232; DOI=10.1002/ijc.2910480515
Masahiro Takigawa, Hai-Ou Pan, Akihiro Kinoshita, Koji Tajima, Yoshiro Takano;
Establishment from a human chondrosarcoma of a new immortal cell line with high tumorigenicity in vivo, which is able to form proteoglycan-rich cartilage-like nodules and to respond to insulin in vitro.
Int. J. Cancer 48:717-725(1991)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54881901
Entry history
Entry creation22-Oct-2012
Last entry update27-Nov-2025
Version number11