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Cellosaurus NPEC1 (CVCL_E9Z5)

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Cell line name NPEC1
Synonyms NPEC
Accession CVCL_E9Z5
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: NPEC1 (RRID:CVCL_E9Z5)
Comments Population: Chinese.
Senescence: Proliferates in culture for 8 to 10 passages before undergoing senescence (PubMed=16778197).
Donor information: Established from the biopsy of a patient diagnosed with nonmalignant nasal disease (PubMed=16778197).
Derived from site: In situ; Pharynx, nasopharynx; UBERON=UBERON_0001728.
Cell type: Epithelial cell of nasopharynx; CL=CL_1001573.
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Hierarchy Children:
CVCL_E9Z6 (NPEC1-Bmi1-1)
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling Age unspecified
Category Finite cell line
Publications

PubMed=16778197; DOI=10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-0094
Li-Bing Song, Mu-Sheng Zeng, Wen-Ting Liao, Ling Zhang, Hao-Yuan Mo, Wan-Li Liu, Jian-Yong Shao, Qiu-Liang Wu, Man-Zhi Li, Yun-Fei Xia, Li-Wu Fu ...Show all 15 authors... , Wen-Lin Huang, Goberdhan P. Dimri, Vimla Band, Yi-Xin Zeng; Show fewer authors
Bmi-1 is a novel molecular marker of nasopharyngeal carcinoma progression and immortalizes primary human nasopharyngeal epithelial cells.
Cancer Res. 66:6225-6232(2006)

Entry history
Entry creation14-Aug-2025
Last entry update14-Aug-2025
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