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Cellosaurus FRSK (CVCL_5501)

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Cell line name FRSK
Synonyms Fetal Rat Skin Keratinocytes
Accession CVCL_5501
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: FRSK (RRID:CVCL_5501)
Comments Transformant: ChEBI; CHEBI_29865; Benzo[a]pyrene.
Derived from site: In situ; Skin, epidermis; UBERON=UBERON_0001003.
Cell type: Keratinocyte; CL=CL_0000312.
Species of origin Rattus norvegicus (Rat) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10116)
Breed/subspecies: Sprague Dawley; RS=RS_0000681.
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling Embryo
Category Transformed cell line
Publications

PubMed=894748; DOI=10.1093/jnci/59.3.867
Indo K., Wilson R.B.
Fetal rat keratinizing epidermal cells in culture: effects of long-term treatment by benzo[a]pyrene on their growth characteristics.
J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 59:867-880(1977)

PubMed=2428814; DOI=10.1016/S0021-9258(18)69263-4
Chida K., Kato N., Kuroki T.
Down regulation of phorbol diester receptors by proteolytic degradation of protein kinase C in a cultured cell line of fetal rat skin keratinocytes.
J. Biol. Chem. 261:13013-13018(1986)

PubMed=2172343; DOI=10.1111/j.1346-8138.1990.tb01676.x
Takahashi H., Tamura T., Tsutsui M., Iizuka H.
Adenylate cyclase system in fetal rat keratinizing epidermal cells (FRSK cells) and SV40-transformed human keratinocytes.
J. Dermatol. 17:457-464(1990)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) JCRB; JCRB0005
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54835176
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update10-Apr-2025
Version number17