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Cellosaurus WM3918 (CVCL_C279)

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Cell line name WM3918
Synonyms WM-3918; WM 3918
Accession CVCL_C279
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: WM3918 (RRID:CVCL_C279)
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: D18S51: 13->9,13 and FGA: 21,24->20,21,24.
Derived from site: Metastatic; Not specified.
Sequence variations
  • Gene deletion; HGNC; 1787; CDKN2A; Zygosity=Homozygous (Wistar).
Disease Melanoma (NCIt: C3224)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling Age unspecified
Category Cancer cell line
STR profile Source(s): Wistar

Markers:
AmelogeninX,Y
CSF1PO12
D2S133819,24
D3S135817
D5S81811,12
D7S82012
D8S117913,16
D13S31711
D16S53910,13
D18S519,13
D19S43314,16
D21S1128,30
FGA20,21,24
TH016
TPOX8
vWA16,17

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

PubMed=24576830; DOI=10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-2625
Nissan M.H., Pratilas C.A., Jones A.M., Ramirez R., Won H., Liu C.-L., Tiwari S., Kong L., Hanrahan A.J., Yao Z., Merghoub T., Ribas A., Chapman P.B., Yaeger R., Taylor B.S., Schultz N., Berger M.F., Rosen N., Solit D.B.
Loss of NF1 in cutaneous melanoma is associated with RAS activation and MEK dependence.
Cancer Res. 74:2340-2350(2014)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) Rockland; WM3918-01-0001
Cell line databases/resources cancercelllines; CVCL_C279
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54994303
Gene expression databases GEO; GSM952608
Polymorphism and mutation databases Progenetix; CVCL_C279
Entry history
Entry creation22-Oct-2012
Last entry update05-Oct-2023
Version number19