Coriell Cell Repositories
Related Information on WI-38 Aborted Fetal Cell Line
Characterizations |
IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES OF ORIGIN: |
Species of Origin Confirmed by Chromosome Analysis |
IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES OF ORIGIN: |
Species of Origin Confirmed by Nucleoside Phosphorylase,Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, and Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme Electrophoresis |
Publications
Guo WJ, Datta S, Band V, Dimri GP, Mel-18, a polycomb group protein, regulates cell proliferation and senescence via transcriptional repression of Bmi-1 and c-Myc oncoproteins Molecular biology of the cell18:536-46 2006 |
PubMed ID: 17151361 |
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Von Kobbe C, May A, Grandori C, Bohr VA, Werner syndrome cells escape hydrogen peroxide-induced cell proliferation arrest. FASEB J18(15):1970-2 2004 |
PubMed ID: 15459124 |
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Skandalis A, Uribe E, A survey of splice variants of the human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase and DNA polymerase beta genes: products of alternative or aberrant splicing? Nucleic Acids Res32(22):6557-64 2004 |
PubMed ID: 15601998 |
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Hande MP, Balajee AS, Tchirkov A, Wynshaw-Boris A, Lansdorp PM, Extra-chromosomal telomeric DNA in cells from Atm(-/-) mice and patients with ataxia-telangiectasia. Hum Mol Genet10(5):519-28 2001 |
PubMed ID: 11181576 |
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Gyulai Z, Endresz V, Burian K, Pincus S, Toldy J, Cox WI, Meric C, Plotkin S, Gonczol E, Berencsi K, Cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) responses to human cytomegalovirus pp65, IE1-Exon4, gB, pp150, and pp28 in healthy individuals: reevaluation of prevalence of IE1-specific CTLs. J Infect Dis181(5):1537-46 2000 |
PubMed ID: 10823751 |
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Piret B, Schoonbroodt S, Piette J, The ATM protein is required for sustained activation of NF-kappaB following DNA damage. Oncogene18(13):2261-71 1999 |
PubMed ID: 10327072 |
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Jongmans W, Vuillaume M, Chrzanowska K, Smeets D, Sperling K, Hall J, Nijmegen breakage syndrome cells fail to induce the p53-mediated DNA damage response following exposure to ionizing radiation. Mol Cell Biol17(9):5016-22 1997 |
PubMed ID: 9271379 |
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Duan C, Clemmons DR, Transcription factor AP-2 regulates human insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5 gene expression. J Biol Chem270:24844-51 1995 |
PubMed ID: 7559606 |
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Borsi L, Balza E, Gaggero B, Allemanni G, Zardi L, The alternative splicing pattern of the tenascin-C pre-mRNA is controlled by the extracellular pH. J Biol Chem270:6243-5 1995 |
PubMed ID: 7534307 |
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Futreal PA, Cochran C, Marks JR, Iglehart JD, Zimmerman W, Barrett JC, Wiseman RW, Mutation analysis of the THRA1 gene in breast cancer: deletion/fusion of the gene to a novel sequence on 17q in the BT474 cell line. Cancer Res54:1791-4 1994 |
PubMed ID: 7511052 |
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Kilfeather SA, Collins D, McCormack P, Cotter T, O’Malley K, The effect of in vitro aging on human lung fibroblast beta-adrenergic receptor density, coupling and response. Mech Ageing Dev63:247-56 1992 |
PubMed ID: 1319530 |
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Jacobs, Characteristics of a human diploid cell designated MRC-5. Nature277:168 (1970):247-56 1970 |
PubMed ID: 1319530 |
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Futreal PA, Cochran C, Marks JR, Iglehart JD, Zimmerman W, Barrett JC, Wiseman RW, Cancer Res 54:1791-4 (1994) Mutation analysis of the THRA1 gene in breast cancer: deletion/fusion of the gene to a novel sequence on 17q in the BT474 cell line.
PubMed ID: 7511052 |
Kilfeather SA, Collins D, McCormack P, Cotter T, O’Malley K, Mech Ageing Dev 63:247-56 (1992) The effect of in vitro aging on human lung fibroblast beta-adrenergic receptor density, coupling and response.
PubMed ID: 1319530 |
Jacobs, Nature 277:168 (1970), Characteristics of a human diploid cell designated MRC-5. |
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