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Cellosaurus Beta-TC-6-F7 (CVCL_JJ87)

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Cell line name Beta-TC-6-F7
Synonyms beta TC-6 F7; Beta-TC6-F7; beta TC6-F7; BetaTC6-F7; betaTC6-F7; Beta-TC6 clone F7-1
Accession CVCL_JJ87
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: Beta-TC-6-F7 (RRID:CVCL_JJ87)
Comments Group: Patented cell line.
Characteristics: Like parent cell line secretes insulin in response to glucose challenge, but this phenotype is stable over a long time in culture. High glucokinase activity, low hexokinase activity.
Genetic integration: Method=Transgenic mouse; Gene=UniProtKB; P03070; Simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen.
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 1891767; Simian virus 40 (SV40).
Derived from site: In situ; Pancreas, islets of Langerhans; UBERON=UBERON_0000006.
Cell type: Pancreatic beta cell; CL=CL_0000169.
Disease Mouse insulinoma (NCIt: C34053)
Species of origin Mus musculus (Mouse) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10090)
Breed/subspecies: (C57BL/6J x DBA/2J)F2 transgenic RIP1Tag2.
Hierarchy Parent: CVCL_0605 (Beta-TC-6)
Category Transformed cell line
Publications

PubMed=7958492; DOI=10.2337/diab.43.12.1413
David Knaack, Deborah M. Fiore, Manju Surana, Margarita Leiser, Megan E. Laurance, David Fusco-DeMane, Orion D. Hegre, Norman Fleischer, Shimon Efrat;
Clonal insulinoma cell line that stably maintains correct glucose responsiveness.
Diabetes 43:1413-1417(1994)

Patent=US5773255
Megan E. Laurance, David Knaack, Deborah M. Fiore, Orion D. Hegre;
Glucose responsive insulin secreting beta-cell lines and method for producing same.
Patent number US5773255, 30-Jun-1998

PubMed=9612223; DOI=10.1152/ajpcell.1998.274.5.C1356
Dao-Biao Zhou, Anthony M. Sun, X. Li, Salim N. Mamujee, Ivan Vacek, John Georgiou, Michael B. Wheeler;
In vitro and in vivo evaluation of insulin-producing beta TC6-F7 cells in microcapsules.
Am. J. Physiol. 274:C1356-C1362(1998)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54796101
Entry history
Entry creation15-May-2017
Last entry update14-Aug-2025
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