- Cell Line: NCI-H520
- Synonyms:
- NCI-H520
- NCIH520
- H520
- H-520
- Culture Type: Cell line
- Keywords: Human Lung squamous cell carcinoma Epithelial Cell Line
- Description: Established from the Lung of a Caucasian, male patient with Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Origin:
- Organism:
- Species: Human (Homo sapiens)
- Age:-
- Ethnicity: Caucasian
- Gender: Male
- Tissue (origin): Lung
- Tissue (isolation): Lung
- Disease:
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Disease subtype: Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Molecular subtype: NSCLC Squamous
- Disease subtype: Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma
- Primary/Metastasis: Primary
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Year of origin: 1982
- Organism:
- Cell line features:
- Cell Type:-
- Morphology: Epithelial-like
- Growth mode: Adherent
- Life span: Infinite (continuous culture)
- Karyotype: Hypotriploid, Modal chromosome number: 58
- Doubling time:
- 25 hours (Cellosaurus)
- 32 hours (Cellosaurus)
- 25 hours (Cellosaurus)
- Microsatellite instability: Stable
- Special features: Form colonies on soft agar
- Product:-
- Tumorigenicity: Yes, in nude mice
- Gene expression:
- A low level of p53 mRNA can be detected
- Positive for keratin
- Positive for vimentin
- Negative for neurofilament triplet protein
- Sequence variations:
- CREBBP (R1446C mutation, Likely Oncogenic, Loss-of-function)
- For information, please visit
- https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000395?tab=mutations
- https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000395?tab=fusions
- https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000395?tab=translocations
- Cell Type:-
- 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 + 10% 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: 1:3 to 1:6
- Medium Renewal: Two to three times weekly
- Cryopreservation:
- Freezing medium: Complete growth medium + 5% DMSO
- Storage conditions: Vapor phase of liquid nitrogen
- Cell suspension (cell density):-
- Volume per vial:-
- Applications:
- Cancer research
- 3D cell culture
- High-throughput screening
- Toxicology
- Availability
- American Type Culture Collection (ATCC): Product link
- References
- Images:-
- Abbreviations
- BSL (Biosafety level)
- FBS (Fetal Bovine Serum)
- DMSO (Dimethyl sulfoxide)
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