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Contributor Information

  • Name Eric Kenneth Parkinson
  • Institute Cancer Research UK, Glasgow: The Beatson Institute

Tool Details

  • Tool name: BICR 82 Cell Line
  • Tool type: Cell Lines
  • Organism: Human
  • Tissue: Tongue
  • Cancer type: Human Upper Jaw (Maxilla) Carcinoma
  • Disease: Cancer
  • Growth properties: Adherent
  • Model: Tumour line
  • Description: A keratinocyte cell line established from a squamous carcinoma of the upper jaw (maxilla) of a Caucasian male. Keratin and involucrin markers present. Known mutations: p53, p16 and p14ARF. Tumourigenicity in athymic mice not tested. Edington et al., 1995 must be cited and the cell line referred to by its original name.
  • Research area: Cancer; Apoptosis and Programmed Cell Death; Drug Discovery & Development; Epigenetics & Nuclear Signalling
  • Cellosaurus ID: CVCL_2316

  • For Research Use Only

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Application Details

Handling

  • Format: Frozen
  • Growth medium: DMEM + 2mM Glutamine + 10% Foetal Bovine Serum (FBS) + 0.4 micrograms/ml Hydrocortisone.
  • Shipping conditions: Dry ice

Documentation

  • Available on request

References

  •   Edington et al. 1995. Mol Carcinog. 13(4):254-65. PMID: 7646764.
  •   Cellular immortality: a late event in the progression of human squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck associated with p53 alteration and a high frequency of allele loss.