CELL LINES

Contributor Information
- Name Tamar Peretz
- Institute Hadassah Medical Center; Hadasit Medical Research Services and Development Ltd.
Tool Details
- Tool name: BR98 cell line
- Tool type: Cell Lines
- Organism: Human
- Tissue: Lung
- Cancer type: Breast
- Disease: Cancer
- Model: Tumour line
- Description: This is a triple negative breast cancer patient's derived cell line. Histology of invasive duct carcinoma. The line is derived from pleural effusion. The line grows as colonies in culture. When implanted to NSG mice it forms tumors. The line has a full exome sequence and can be compared to the germline exome sequence. This unique line can serve as a platform for drug screening for cancer stem cells targeted compounds in vitro and in vivo.
- Research area: Cancer; Drug Discovery & Development
- Production details: The cells were derived from metastasis (pleural effusion) in a patient with invasive duct carcinoma.
- For Research Use Only