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This is the release notes for Cellosaurus version 56 of June 2026

1) Statistics

168970 cell lines (124256 human, 31354 mouse, 3265 rat)
   904 species represented
128527 synonyms
473381 cross-references to 117 resources (cell line catalogs, databases, ontologies, etc.)
169485 references to 29972 distinct publications (papers, patents, theses, etc.)
 15940 web links

 10073 human, mouse and dog cell lines with STR profiles (from 963 distinct sources)

  2607 NCIt and 1404 ORDO (Orphanet) disease terms cited
   847 UBERON, 277 CL and 11 terms cited

Since release 55 of March 2026:
  1786 entries were created
   457 entries were updated


There have been 2 changes in the DR lines:

1) Cross-references were added to EDITGENE (Cell line provider)

Corresponding entry in the file cellosaurus_xrefs.txt:
Abbrev: EDITGENE
Name  : EDITGENE
Server: https://www.editxor.com/
Db_URL: https://www.editxor.com/products/cat/?keyword=%s 
Term. : No
Cat   : Cell line collections (Providers)

Example:
DR   EDITGENE; EDC00339

2) Cross-references were added to NCI-PDMR (NCI Patient-Derived Model Repository)

Abbrev: NCI-PDMR
Name  : Patient-Derived Model Repository
Server: https://pdmr.cancer.gov/
Db_URL: https://pdmdb.cancer.gov/web/apex/f?p=101:7::::7:P7_SAMPLESEQNBR:%s
Term. : No
Cat : Cell line collections (Providers)
//

Example:
DR   NCI-PDMR; 12581

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Cellosaurus team
CALIPHO group
SIB - Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Geneva; Switzerland
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