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Cellosaurus WM9 (CVCL_6806)

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Cell line name WM9
Synonyms WM-9; WM 9; WC00056
Accession CVCL_6806
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: WM9 (RRID:CVCL_6806)
Comments Part of: Wistar Institute melanoma cell line collection.
Omics: Transcriptome analysis by microarray.
Caution: The reported STR profile from Wistar of this cell line was changed at one point between February 2016 when we retrieved them and entered them in the Cellosaurus and May 2018. The major changes were: D8S1179: 12,13->12,13,14.
Derived from site: Metastatic; Left axillary lymph node; UBERON=UBERON_0001097.
Sequence variations
  • Gene deletion; HGNC; 9588; PTEN; Zygosity=Hemizygous (Wistar).
  • Mutation; HGNC; 1097; BRAF; Simple; p.Val600Glu (c.1799T>A); ClinVar=VCV000013961; Zygosity=Heterozygous (Wistar).
Disease Melanoma (NCIt: C3224)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Hierarchy Children:
CVCL_E3AH (WM9 R)CVCL_VS30 (WM9-HmR)
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling Age unspecified
Category Cancer cell line
STR profile Source(s): Wistar

Markers:
AmelogeninX
CSF1PO12
D2S133824,25
D3S135814,17
D5S8189,11
D7S8209,11
D8S117912,13,14
D13S3179
D16S53911,14
D18S5113
D19S43312,15
D21S1129
FGA20,25
TH017,9
TPOX8,11
vWA17,19

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Web pages https://www.wistar.org/our-scientists/meenhard-herlyn
Publications

PubMed=286328; DOI=10.1073/pnas.76.3.1438; PMCID=PMC383267
Herlyn M., Steplewski Z., Herlyn D., Koprowski H.
Colorectal carcinoma-specific antigen: detection by means of monoclonal antibodies.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 76:1438-1442(1979)

PubMed=4053039
Herlyn M., Thurin J., Balaban-Malenbaum G.B., Bennicelli J.L., Herlyn D., Elder D.E., Bondi E., Guerry D. 4th, Nowell P.C., Clark W.H. Jr., Koprowski H.
Characteristics of cultured human melanocytes isolated from different stages of tumor progression.
Cancer Res. 45:5670-5676(1985)

PubMed=3020539; DOI=10.1073/pnas.83.19.7197; PMCID=PMC386682
Westermark B., Johnsson A., Paulsson Y., Betsholtz C., Heldin C.-H., Herlyn M., Rodeck U., Koprowski H.
Human melanoma cell lines of primary and metastatic origin express the genes encoding the chains of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and produce a PDGF-like growth factor.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83:7197-7200(1986)

PubMed=2068080; DOI=10.1073/pnas.88.14.6028; PMCID=PMC52015
Cornil I., Theodorescu D., Man S., Herlyn M., Jambrosic J.A., Kerbel R.S.
Fibroblast cell interactions with human melanoma cells affect tumor cell growth as a function of tumor progression.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 88:6028-6032(1991)

PubMed=8342600; PMCID=PMC1887031
Juhasz I., Albelda S.M., Elder D.E., Murphy G.F., Adachi K., Herlyn D., Valyi-Nagy I.T., Herlyn M.
Growth and invasion of human melanomas in human skin grafted to immunodeficient mice.
Am. J. Pathol. 143:528-537(1993)

PubMed=39175042; DOI=10.1186/s12964-024-01788-3; PMCID=PMC11342534
Kot M., Simiczyjew A., Wadzynska J., Zietek M., Matkowski R.A., Nowak D.
Characterization of two melanoma cell lines resistant to BRAF/MEK inhibitors (vemurafenib and cobimetinib).
Cell Commun. Signal. 22:410.1-410.21(2024)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) Coriell; WC00056 - Discontinued
Rockland; WM9-01-0001
Cell line databases/resources cancercelllines; CVCL_6806
Anatomy/cell type resources BTO; BTO:0003438
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54994339
Gene expression databases GEO; GSM186499
GEO; GSM186500
GEO; GSM952590
Polymorphism and mutation databases Cosmic; 686408
IARC_TP53; 24990
Progenetix; CVCL_6806
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update10-Sep-2024
Version number24