Cellosaurus cell line BT4Cn (CVCL

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Cell line name	BT4Cn
Accession	CVCL_S568
Resource Identification Initiative	To cite this cell line use: BT4Cn (RRID:CVCL_S568)
Comments	Doubling time: 26.7 +- 1.4 hours (Note=In serum-supplemented media), 38.7 +- 4.0 hours (Note=In serum-free media) (PubMed=3178168). Transformant: ChEBI; CHEBI_23995; N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU).
Disease	Rat malignant glioma (NCIt: C64069)
Species of origin	Rattus norvegicus (Rat) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10116) Breed/subspecies: BDIX; RS=RS_0000091.
Hierarchy	Parent: CVCL_5712 (BT4C)
Category	Cancer cell line
Publications	PubMed=3731074 Bjerkvig R., Laerum O.D., Mella O. Glioma cell interactions with fetal rat brain aggregates in vitro and with brain tissue in vivo. Cancer Res. 46:4071-4079(1986) PubMed=3468291; DOI=10.1093/jnci/78.2.279 Bjerknes R., Bjerkvig R., Laerum O.D. Phagocytic capacity of normal and malignant rat glial cells in culture. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 78:279-288(1987) PubMed=3178168 Akslen L.A., Andersen K.-J., Bjerkvig R. Characteristics of human and rat glioma cells grown in a defined medium. Anticancer Res. 8:797-803(1988) PubMed=1985868; DOI=10.1002/ijc.2910470122 Andersson A.-M., Moran N., Gaardsvoll H., Linnemann D., Bjerkvig R., Laerum O.D., Bock E.M. Characterization of NCAM expression and function in BT4C and BT4Cn glioma cells. Int. J. Cancer 47:124-129(1991)
Encyclopedic resources	Wikidata; Q54798502
Entry history
Entry creation	03-Feb-2014
Last entry update	10-Apr-2025
Version number	11