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- Cell Line: NCI-H660
 - Synonyms: 
- NCIH660
 - NCI-H660
 - H660
 - H-660
 
 - Culture Type: Cell line
 - Keywords: Human Prostate Small Cell Carcinoma Epithelial Neuroendocrine Cell Line
 - Description: Established from the metastatic tumor (lymph node) of a White, 63-year-old, male patient with carcinoma
 - Origin:
- Organism: 
- Species: Human (Homo sapiens)
 - Age: 63 years
 - Ethnicity: White
 - Gender: Male
 - Tissue (origin): Prostate
 - Tissue (isolation): Lymph node (Metastatic site)
 - Disease: 
- Prostate Small Cell Carcinoma
 - Primary/Metastasis: Metastatic
 
 - Prostate Small Cell Carcinoma
 
 - Year of origin:-
 
 - Organism: 
 - Cell line features:
- Cell Type: Epithelial neuroendocrine cell
 - Morphology: Epithelial-like
 - Growth mode: Mixed: floating aggregates of round cells with some attached cells
 - Life span: Infinite (continuous culture)
 - Karyotype:-
 - Doubling time: ≈ 100 hours
 - Microsatellite instability: Stable 
 - Special features:-
 - Product:-
 - Tumorigenicity:-
 - Gene expression:
- Express functional atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) receptors
 
 - Sequence variations:
 
 - Cell Type: Epithelial neuroendocrine cell
 - 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 + 0.005 mg/ml Insulin + 0.01 mg/ml Transferrin + 30nM Sodium selenite (final conc.) + 10 nM Hydrocortisone (final conc.) + 10 nM beta-estradiol (final conc.)  + extra 2mM L-glutamine (for final conc. of 4 mM) + 5% FBS
 - Culture conditions: 
- Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
 - Atmosphere: 5% CO2, 95% Air
 
 - Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
 - Subculturing:
- Subculturing method: Mechanical, Shaking
 - Harvesting time:-
 - Split ratio:-
 - Medium Renewal: Every 2 to 3 days
 
 - Subculturing method: Mechanical, Shaking
 - Cryopreservation:
- Freezing medium: Complete growth medium + 50% FBS + 10% DMSO
 - Storage conditions: Vapor phase of liquid nitrogen
 - Cell suspension (cell density):-
 - Volume per vial:-
 
 
 - Applications: 
- Cancer research
 - 3D cell culture
 
 
- Availability
- American Type Culture Collection (ATCC): Product link
 
 
- References
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 - Abbreviations
- BSL (Biosafety level)
 - FBS (Fetal Bovine Serum)
 - DMSO (Dimethyl sulfoxide)
 
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