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Cellosaurus WIF12 (CVCL_A5BN)

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Cell line name WIF12
Synonyms WIF 12; WI-38/Fao hybrid 12
Accession CVCL_A5BN
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: WIF12 (RRID:CVCL_A5BN)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Rattus norvegicus (Rat) (NCBI Taxonomy: 10116)
Hierarchy Parent: CVCL_0269 (Fao)
Parent: CVCL_0579 (WI-38)
Children:
CVCL_A051 (WIF12-1)CVCL_A5BP (WIF12-6)
Category Hybrid cell line
Publications

PubMed=1955480; DOI=10.1083/jcb.115.5.1397
Cassio D., Hamon-Benais C., Guerin M., Lecoq O.
Hybrid cell lines constitute a potential reservoir of polarized cells: isolation and study of highly differentiated hepatoma-derived hybrid cells able to form functional bile canaliculi in vitro.
J. Cell Biol. 115:1397-1408(1991)

PubMed=8056838; DOI=10.1242/jcs.107.4.813
Shanks M.R., Cassio D., Lecoq O., Hubbard A.L.
An improved polarized rat hepatoma hybrid cell line. Generation and comparison with its hepatoma relatives and hepatocytes in vivo.
J. Cell Sci. 107:813-825(1994)

PubMed=9462660; DOI=10.1002/hep.510270236
Bravo P., Bender V., Cassio D.
Efficient in vitro vectorial transport of a fluorescent conjugated bile acid analogue by polarized hepatic hybrid WIF-B and WIF-B9 cells.
Hepatology 27:576-583(1998)

PubMed=9657109; DOI=10.1002/hep.510280122
Chaumontet C., Mazzoleni G., Decaens C., Bex V., Cassio D., Martel P.
The polarized hepatic human/rat hybrid WIF 12-1 and WIF-B cells communicate efficiently in vitro via connexin 32-constituted gap junctions.
Hepatology 28:164-172(1998)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q107117451
Entry history
Entry creation20-May-2021
Last entry update21-Mar-2023
Version number3