| OVERVIEW | |
| Organism | Human (Homo sapiens), 51 years old white female (Ref: ATCC) |
| Source/Tissue of origin | Breast, Mammary gland (Ref: ATCC) Established from a pleural effusion of metastatic breast adenocarcinoma (Ref: ATCC) |
| Year of isolation | |
| Morphology | Epithelial-like (Ref: ATCC) |
| Cell type | Epithelial (Ref: ATCC) |
| Growth mode | Adherent (Ref: ATCC) |
| Doubling time | ? |
| Life span | Infinite, continuous culture |
| Karyotype | near-triploid (Ref: ATCC) |
| Transformed | Naturally transformed (can form colonies in semisolid medium) |
| Tumorigenic | Yes (in nude mice) (Ref: ATCC) |
| Drug resistance | ? |
| Gene Expression | |
| Positive for | |
| Altered gene | |
| Enzymes | |
| Products | |
| Applications | 3D cell culture (Ref: ATCC) Suitable transfection host (Ref: ATCC) |
| Remarks | |
| Keywords | Human breast adenocarcinoma |
| Related cell lines | |
| Culture maintenance | |
| Biosafety Level | BSL 1 (Ref: ATCC) (It may differ in your country, follow the guidelines of your institute/country) |
| Culture medium* | Leibovitz’s L-15 medium (+ 2mM Glutamine) + 10% FBS (Ref: ATCC) |
| Culture conditions | Incubator, 37°C CO2 is not required |
| Subculturing procedure | Trypsin-EDTA |
| Culture storage | |
| Cryo-medium | Complete growth medium + 5% (v/v) (Ref: ATCC) |
| Storage conditions | Vapor phase of liquid nitrogen (Ref: ATCC) |
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