Calu-6

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Calu-6 (human, Caucasian, lung, adenocarcinoma)

Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (female, 61 years old)
TISSUE/ORGAN: lung
TUMOR: adenocarcinoma
tumorigenic in nude mice
PROPERTIES: factor dependent; replication

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Facolta' di Medicina e Chirurgia, Universita'degli studi (GEUEM, Genova)
MEM + 10% FBS + Antibiotics + 2mM L-Glutamine + 1% non-essential amino acids; Freezing medium: MEM + 40% FBS + 10% DMSO; 37C, 5% CO2 Passage: 29, mycoplasma negative
IGF-I factor dependent studies

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: HTB 56, ICLC: HTL97003

Bibliographic references:

Cancer Res 1988;48:3716-3719 - PMID: 3378214
Human Tumor Cells in Vitro (Plenum Press N Y) 1975;115-159
J Natl Cancer Inst 1977;59:221-226 - PMID: 327080