Cell Line: SW-1710

  • Cell Line: SW-1710
  • Synonyms:
    • SW-1710
    • SW 1710
    • SW1710
  • Culture Type: Cell line
  • Keywords:  Human Urinary Bladder Transitional Cell Carcinoma Cell Line
  • Description: Established from bladder tumor of an 84-year-old Caucasian woman following transurethral tumor resection in 1977
  • Origin:
    • Organism:
      • Species: Human (Homo sapiens)
      • Age: 84 years
      • Ethnicity: Caucasian
      • Gender: female
    • Tissue: Bladder/Urinary Tract
    • Disease: Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma
    • Primary/Metastasis: Primary (DepMap)
    • Collection site: Urinary tract (DepMap)
    • Year of origin: 1977
    • Country of Origin:-
  • Cell line features:
    • Cell Type:-
    • Morphology: Epithelial-like/Elongated cells
    • Growth mode: Adherent, Monolayer
    • Life span: Infinite (continuous culture)
    • Karyotype: Human flat-moded hypotetraploid karyotype with 8% polyploidy
    • Doubling time: ~25-32 hours
    • Microsatellite instability: Stable
    • Special features:-
    • Product:-
    • Soft agar colony formation assay:-
    • Tumorigenicity:-
    • Gene expression:-
    • Sequence variations:
      • TP53 (R273C mutation, Likely Oncogenic, Likely Loss-of-function, Homozygous)
      • For information, please visit
        • https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000566?tab=mutations
        • https://depmap.org/portal/cell_line/ACH-000566?tab=fusions
  • Handling and maintenance:
    • Biosafety level: BSL 1 (DSMZ) (It may differ in your country, follow the guidelines of your institute/country)
    • Complete culture medium:
      • DMEM + 15% heat-inactivated FBS (DSMZ)
    • Culture conditions: 
      • Temperature: Humidified 37°C incubator
      • Atmosphere: 5% CO2, 95% Air
    • Subculturing:
      • Subculturing method: Enzymatic dissociation
      • Cell dissociation solution: Trypsin/EDTA solution
      • Harvesting time:-
      • Seeding density:-
      • Recommended split ratio: 1:5 to 1:10
      • Medium Renewal: 2 to 3 times per week?
    • Cryopreservation:
      • Freezing medium:
        • Complete growth medium + 20% (v/v) FBS + 10% (v/v) DMSO (DSMZ)
      • Storage conditions: Vapor phase of liquid nitrogen
      • Cell suspension (cell density): 1-1.5 x 106 cells/ml
      • Volume per vial: 1 ml
  • Applications: 
    • Cancer research
  • Availability:
    • DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH: Product link
  • References
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  • Abbreviations
    • BSL (Biosafety level)
    • FBS (Fetal Bovine Serum)
    • DMSO (Dimethyl sulfoxide)
    • Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM)
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