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Cellosaurus NPC-TW03 (CVCL_6010)

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Cell line name NPC-TW03
Synonyms NPC-TW 03; TW 03; TW-03; TW03; EBV (-) TW03
Accession CVCL_6010
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: NPC-TW03 (RRID:CVCL_6010)
Comments Population: Chinese.
Virology: EBV-negative, but was originally EBV-positive.
Doubling time: ~13-14 hours (PubMed=10744066).
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 10376; Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Derived from site: In situ; Pharynx, nasopharynx; UBERON=UBERON_0001728.
Disease Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NCIt: C3871)
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (ORDO: Orphanet_150)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Hierarchy Children:
CVCL_ZF72 (NPC-TW03 EBV(+))
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling 36Y
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

PubMed=7685844
Lin C.-T., Chan W.-Y., Chen W., Huang H.-M., Wu H.-C., Hsu M.-M., Chuang S.-M., Wang C.-C.
Characterization of seven newly established nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell lines.
Lab. Invest. 68:716-727(1993)

PubMed=10744066; DOI=10.1038/labinvest.3780035
Teramoto N., Maeda A., Kobayashi K., Hayashi K., Oka T., Takahashi K., Takada K., Klein G., Akagi T.
Epstein-Barr virus infection to Epstein-Barr virus-negative nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line TW03 enhances its tumorigenicity.
Lab. Invest. 80:303-312(2000)

Cross-references
Anatomy/cell type resources BTO; BTO_0006139
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54930974
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update19-Dec-2024
Version number16