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Cellosaurus CVG-1 (CVCL_VL95)

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Cell line name CVG-1
Accession CVCL_VL95
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: CVG-1 (RRID:CVCL_VL95)
Comments Virology: Contains ~3.6 copies of the genome of MCPyV per haploid cell (PubMed=29696010).
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 493803; Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV).
Derived from site: Metastatic; Cervical lymph node; UBERON=UBERON_0002429.
Disease Merkel cell carcinoma (NCIt: C9231)
Cutaneous neuroendocrine carcinoma (ORDO: Orphanet_79140)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling 70Y
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

PubMed=29696010; DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2018.00713; PMCID=PMC5905237
Velasquez C., Amako Y., Harold A., Toptan T., Chang Y., Shuda M.
Characterization of a Merkel cell polyomavirus-positive Merkel cell carcinoma cell line CVG-1.
Front. Microbiol. 9:713.1-713.10(2018)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q93460630
Entry history
Entry creation07-Sep-2018
Last entry update29-Jun-2023
Version number6