- Cell Line: NCI-H1963
- Synonyms:
- NCI-H1963
- NCIH1963
- H1963
- H-1963
- Culture Type: Cell line
- Keywords: Human Lung Small Cell Carcinoma Cell line
- Description: Established from the lungs of a 56-year-old, Black male patient with stage L small cell lung carcinoma
- Origin:
- Organism:
- Species: Human (Homo sapiens)
- Age: 56 years
- Ethnicity: Black
- Gender: Male
- Tissue (origin): Lung
- Disease: Small cell lung carcinoma, stage L
- Primary/Metastasis: Primary
- Year of origin: 1988
- Organism:
- Cell line features:
- Cell Type:-
- Morphology:-
- Growth mode: Suspension, floating aggregates of round cell clusters
- Life span: Infinite (continuous culture)
- Karyotype: Human bimodal hypodiploid/hypotetraploid karyotype (DSMZ)
Doubling time:- - Microsatellite instability: Stable
- Special features:-
- Product:-
- Soft agar colony formation assay:-
- Tumorigenicity:-
- Gene expression:-
- Sequence variations:
- TP53 (V147D mutation, Likely Oncogenic, Likely Loss-of-function, Heterozygous)
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- 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:
- Culture conditions:
- Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
- Atmosphere: 5% CO2, 95% Air
- Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
- Subculturing:
- Cryopreservation:
- Applications:
- Cancer research
- 3D cell culture
- Availability:
- American Type Culture Collection (ATCC): Product link
- DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH: Product link
- References
- Images:
- NCI-H1963 cell image link (Source: DSMZ)
- NCI-H1963 cell image link (Source: DSMZ)
- Abbreviations
- BSL (Biosafety level)
- FBS (Fetal Bovine Serum)
- DMSO (Dimethyl sulfoxide)
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