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Cellosaurus MRK-nu-2 (CVCL_WZ71)

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Cell line name MRK-nu-2
Synonyms MRK-nu-II
Accession CVCL_WZ71
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: MRK-nu-2 (RRID:CVCL_WZ71)
Comments Population: Japanese.
Characteristics: Established from the ascitic cells from BALB/c nu/nu mice injected intraperitoneal with the parent tumoral cells.
Derived from site: Metastatic; Pleural effusion; UBERON=UBERON_0000175.
Disease Breast carcinoma (NCIt: C4872)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Originate from same individual CVCL_1428 ! MRK-nu-1
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling 46Y
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

CLPUB00083
Morimasa Sekiguchi, Yasuko Shiroko, Genshichiro Fujii, Katsuko Sudo, Akio Matsuzawa, Kiyoshi Suzuki;
An ascites form of human mammary carcinoma transplantable in nude mice and isolation of two cell lines cultured in vitro.
Proc. Jpn. Cancer Assoc. 38:139.476-139.476(1979)

PubMed=518958
Morimasa Sekiguchi, Katsuko Sudo, Kiyoshi Suzuki, Akio Matsuzawa, Genshichiro Fujii;
An ascites form of human mammary carcinoma transplantable in nude mice.
Biomedicine 30:245-249(1979)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q95991119
Entry history
Entry creation06-Sep-2019
Last entry update29-Jun-2023
Version number5