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Cellosaurus RIT-3 (CVCL_RK40)

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Cell line name RIT-3
Synonyms RIT 3; Radiation-Induced Tumor-3
Accession CVCL_RK40
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: RIT-3 (RRID:CVCL_RK40)
Comments Donor information: Established from a patient originally treated by radiation therapy for a rhabdomyosarcoma (PubMed=2253180).
Disease Synovial sarcoma (NCIt: C3400)
Synovial sarcoma (ORDO: Orphanet_3273)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling 27Y
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

PubMed=2253180; DOI=10.1016/0165-4608(90)90246-7
Cowan J.M., Beckett M.A., Tarbell N.J., Weichselbaum R.R.
Symmetrical chromosome rearrangements in cell lines established from human radiation-induced sarcomas.
Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. 50:125-137(1990)

PubMed=1933904
Brachman D.G., Hallahan D.E., Beckett M.A., Yandell D.W., Weichselbaum R.R.
p53 gene mutations and abnormal retinoblastoma protein in radiation-induced human sarcomas.
Cancer Res. 51:6393-6396(1991)

PubMed=1574572; DOI=10.2307/3578273
Dunphy E.J., Beckett M.A., Thompson L.H., Weichselbaum R.R.
Expression of the polymorphic human DNA repair gene XRCC1 does not correlate with radiosensitivity in the cells of human head and neck tumor cell lines.
Radiat. Res. 130:166-170(1992)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54950502
Entry history
Entry creation05-Mar-2018
Last entry update21-Mar-2023
Version number6