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Cellosaurus MCC3 (CVCL_F1G4)

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Cell line name MCC3
Accession CVCL_F1G4
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: MCC3 (RRID:CVCL_F1G4)
Comments Doubling time: 7.5 days (PubMed=8244578).
Derived from site: In situ; Cheek, skin; UBERON=UBERON_0008803.
Disease Merkel cell carcinoma (NCIt: C9231)
Cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma (ORDO: Orphanet_79140)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling 68Y
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

PubMed=8244578; DOI=10.1002/ijc.2910550519
Joan Helen Leonard, John R. Bell, John Henry Kearsley;
Characterization of cell lines established from Merkel-cell ('small-cell') carcinoma of the skin.
Int. J. Cancer 55:803-810(1993)

PubMed=10994482; DOI=10.1111/j.1440-0960.1997.tb01019.x
Joan Helen Leonard, John R. Bell;
Insights into the Merkel cell phenotype from Merkel cell carcinoma cell lines.
Australas. J. Dermatol. 38 Suppl. 1:S91-S98(1997)

Entry history
Entry creation27-Nov-2025
Last entry update27-Nov-2025
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