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Cellosaurus NPC-TW03 EBV(+) (CVCL_ZF72)

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Cell line name NPC-TW03 EBV(+)
Synonyms EBV (+) TW03
Accession CVCL_ZF72
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: NPC-TW03 EBV(+) (RRID:CVCL_ZF72)
Comments Population: Chinese.
Characteristics: Compared to the parent cell line, shows increased tumorigenicity.
Virology: In vitro infected with EBV isolate Akata with a neomycin-resistance gene (neo-Akata).
Doubling time: ~13-14 hours (PubMed=10744066).
Genetic integration: Method=Transfection/transduction; Gene=UniProtKB; P00552; Transposon Tn5 neo.
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 Parent: CVCL_6010 (NPC-TW03)
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling 36Y
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

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
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q98128015
Entry history
Entry creation02-Jul-2020
Last entry update10-Sep-2024
Version number8