A549

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A549 (human, Caucasian, lung, carcinoma)

Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (male, 58 years old)
TISSUE/ORGAN: lung
TUMOR: carcinoma
tumorigenic in athymic nude mice
Susceptibility to viruses: adenovirus
PROPERTIES: fatty acids synthesis; tumor markers; factor dependent; replication; enzymology; virology; lecithin synthesis

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Facolta' di Medicina e Chirurgia, Universita'degli studi (GEUEM, Genova)
Ham's F12 + 10% FBS + Antibiotics + 2mM L-Glutamine + 1% non-essential amino acids; Freezing medium: Ham's F12 M + 40% FBS + 10% DMSO; 37C, 5% CO2 Passage: 76, mycoplasma negative
Surfactant action: pneumocytes type II. IGF-I factor dependent studies.

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 185, ECACC: 86012804, ICLC: HTL03001, IZSBS: TCL 101

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