- Cell Line: HCC2218
- Synonyms:
- HCC-2218
- Hamon Cancer Center 2218
- Culture Type: Cell line
- Keywords: Human mammary gland fibroblast/epithelial-like ER negative HER2 positive invasive ductal carcinoma cell line
- Description: Established from the mammary gland of a 38-year-old, white female patient with ductal carcinoma TNM stage IIIA, grade 3.
- Origin:
- Cell line features:
- Morphology: Epithelial-like
- Cell Type: Epithelial Fibroblast
- Growth mode: Suspension, floating aggregates of large cell clusters
- Life span: Infinite (continuous culture)
- Karyotype: Polyploid
- Doubling time: 120 hours (cellosaurus)
- Clinically relevant genes:
- her2/neu positive (oncogene)
- p53 positive (oncogene)
- Epithelial glycoprotein 2 (EGP2) positive (epithelial cell-specific marker)
- Cytokeratin 19 positive (epithelial cell-specific marker)
- Estrogen receptor (ER) negative
- Progesterone receptor (PR)????
- Sequence variations (gene mutations/deletions/fusions/translocations):
- RPS6KA4 (S236L mutation) (depmap)
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- Morphology: Epithelial-like
- Handling and maintenance:
- Biosafety level: BSL 1 (ATCC) (It may differ in your country, follow the guidelines of your institute/country)
- Complete culture medium: RPMI-1640 + 10% FBS
- Culture conditions:
- Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
- Atmosphere: 5% CO2, 95% Air
- Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
- Subculturing:
- Subculturing method: Dilution
- Medium Renewal: Every 2 to 3 days (depending on cell density)
- Subculturing method: Dilution
- Cryopreservation:
- Freezing medium:
- Complete growth medium + 5% DMSO
- Complete growth medium + 5% DMSO
- Storage conditions: Vapor phase of liquid nitrogen
- Cell suspension (cell density):-
- Volume per vial: 1 ml
- Freezing medium:
- Applications:
- Cancer research
- 3D cell culture
- Availability
- American Type Culture Collection (ATCC): Product link
- References
- https://www.atcc.org/products/crl-2343
- https://www.cellosaurus.org/CVCL_1263
- https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000755?tab=overview
- Gazdar et al., 1998. Characterization of paired tumor and non-tumor cell lines established from patients with breast cancer. Int. J. Cancer 78: 766-774, 1998. PMID-9833771; Full Text: Wiley (Download PDF)
- Abbreviations
- BSL (Biosafety level)
- FBS (Fetal Bovine Serum)
- DMSO (Dimethyl sulfoxide)
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