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Cellosaurus BCaP-37 (CVCL_0164)

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Cell line name BCaP-37
Synonyms BCap-37; Bcap-37; BCaP 37; BCap 37; Bcap 37; BCAP37; Bcap37
Accession CVCL_0164
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: BCaP-37 (RRID:CVCL_0164)
Comments Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a HeLa derivative (PubMed=26116706). Originally thought to originate from a breast squamous cell carcinoma.
Population: African American.
Doubling time: 34.1 +- 2.3 hours (PubMed=26782109).
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 333761; Human papillomavirus type 18 (HPV18).
Omics: N-glycan profiling.
Miscellaneous: Formerly the CCRID database had an entry describing this cell line (3131C0001000700009). It was one of the sources for the STR profile of this entry.
Derived from site: In situ; Uterus, cervix; UBERON=UBERON_0000002.
Disease Human papillomavirus-related cervical adenocarcinoma (NCIt: C27677)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Hierarchy Parent: CVCL_0030 (HeLa)
Children:
CVCL_WX21 (BC-DS)CVCL_WX22 (BC-TS)
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling 30Y6M
Category Cancer cell line
STR profile Source(s): CCRID; PubMed=26116706

Markers:
AmelogeninX
CSF1PO9,10
D2S133817
D3S135815,18
D5S81811,12
D6S104318,19
D7S8208,12
D8S117912,13
D12S39120,25
D13S31712,13.3
D16S5399,10
D18S5116
D19S43313,14
D21S1127,28
FGA21
Penta D8,15
Penta E7,17
TH017
TPOX8,12
vWA16,18

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Publications

CLPUB00522
Chen C.-Y., Zhang J.-Q., Wang S.-X.
Establishment of human breast cancer in vitro -- establishment of breast cancer cell line BCaP-37 and preliminary observation of its biological characteristics.
Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 15:161-165(1983)

PubMed=4017778
Zhang J.-Q., Wang S.-X., Chen C.-Y., Lu P.
Biologic and morphologic characteristics of the BCaP-37 human breast cancer cell line.
Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi 23:241-243(1985)

PubMed=24009699; DOI=10.1371/journal.pone.0072704
Liu X., Nie H., Zhang Y.-B., Yao Y.-F., Maitikabili A., Qu Y.-P., Shi S.-L., Chen C.-Y., Li Y.
Cell surface-specific N-glycan profiling in breast cancer.
PLoS ONE 8:E72704-E72704(2013)

PubMed=26116706; DOI=10.1096/fj.14-266718
Ye F., Chen C.-G., Qin J., Liu J., Zheng C.-Y.
Genetic profiling reveals an alarming rate of cross-contamination among human cell lines used in China.
FASEB J. 29:4268-4272(2015)

PubMed=26782109; DOI=10.3892/or.2016.4566
Xu M.-J., Jiang D.-H., Shen J.-Y., Zheng H.-L., Fan W.-M.
Distinct characterization of two vinorelbine-resistant breast cancer cell lines developed by different strategies.
Oncol. Rep. 35:2355-2363(2016)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) CCTCC; GDC0206
Cell line databases/resources MCCL; MCC:0000056
TOKU-E; 4153
Chemistry resources ChEMBL-Cells; CHEMBL3308069
ChEMBL-Targets; CHEMBL613842
PubChem_Cell_line; CVCL_0164
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54795332
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update05-Oct-2023
Version number22