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- Cell Line: Panc 04.03
 - Synonyms: 
- PANC0403
 - Panc0403
 
 - Culture Type: Cell line
 - Keywords: Human Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Epithelial Cell Line
 - Description: Established from a primary tumor taken from the pancreas of a 70-year-old Caucasian male patient with pancreatic adenocarcinoma
 - Origin:
- Organism: 
- Species: Human (Homo sapiens)
 - Age: 70 years
 - Ethnicity: Caucasian
 - Gender: Female
 - Tissue: Pancreas
 - Disease: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
- Molecular subtype: Exocrine Adenocarcinoma
 - Primary/Metastasis: Primary
 
 - Molecular subtype: Exocrine Adenocarcinoma
 
 - Year of origin: 1995
 
 - Organism: 
 - Cell line features:
- Cell Type: Epithelial cell
 - Morphology: Epithelial-like
 - Growth mode: Adherent
 - Life span: Infinite (continuous culture)
 - Karyotype:-
 - Doubling time: ≈ 50.5 h
 - Tumorigenicity: forms tumors in nude or SCID mice
 - Gene expression:
- Positive for K-ras
 - Positive for MHC class I
 - Negative for MHC class II
 - Positive for Cytokeratin 7
 - Positive for Cytokeratin 18
 
 - Sequence variations:
- KRAS (G12D mutation, Oncogenic, Gain-of-function)
 - TP53 (G245S mutation, Oncogenic, Loss-of-function)
 - For more information, please visit 
- https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000235?tab=mutations
 - https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000235?tab=fusions
 - https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000235?tab=translocations
 
 
 
 - 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 Medium + 20 Units/ml human recombinant insulin + 15% FBS
 - Culture conditions: 
- Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
 - Atmosphere: 5% CO2, 95% Air
 
 - Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
 - Subculturing:
- Subculturing method: Enzymatic dissociation
 - Cell dissociation solution: 0.25% (w/v) Trypsin-0.53 mM EDTA solution
 - Harvesting time:-
 - Split ratio: 1:2 to 1:3
 - Medium Renewal: Every 2 to 3 days.
 
 - Cryopreservation:
- Freezing medium: Complete growth medium + 5% DMSO
 - Storage conditions: Vapor phase of liquid nitrogen
 - Cell suspension (cell density):-
 - Volume per vial:-
 
 - Freezing medium: Complete growth medium + 5% DMSO
 
 - Applications: 
- Cancer research
 - 3D cell culture
 
 - Cancer research
 
- Availability:
- American Type Culture Collection (ATCC): Product link
 
 
- References:
- ATCC
 - Cellosaurus
 - DepMap
 - Jaffee et al., 1998. Development and characterization of a cytokine-secreting pancreatic adenocarcinoma vaccine from primary tumors for use in clinical trials. Cancer J. Sci. Am. 4: 194-203. PMID-9612602
 
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 - Abbreviations
- BSL (Biosafety level)
 - FBS (Fetal Bovine Serum)
 - DMSO (Dimethyl sulfoxide)
 
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