Disease:
Astrocytoma, glioblastoma Origin:
Derived from a malignant glioma from a female patient by explant technique Species:
Homo sapiens Tissue:
Brain Morphology:
Epithelial Properties:
Adherent Cytogenic data:
This is a hypodiploid human cell line Patient:
Female, Caucasian, 44 yrs of age Medium:
AddexBio-formulated EMEM (C0005-01) + 10% FBS Subculture:
1:2 to 1:5 using 0.25% trypsin or trypsin/EDTA, 5% CO2; 37 degree C Freezing Medium:
Complete culture medium supplemented with 5% (v/v) DMSO Biosafety Level:
I Sterility:
Bacteria: Negative Yeast: Negative Mycoplasma: Negative Pathogens:
HIV: Negative Hepatitis B: Negative Hepatitis C: Negative Isoenzymes:
AK-1, 1 ES-D, 1 G6PD, B GLO-I, 1 Me-2, 1 PGM1, 2 PGM3, 1 DNA Profile (STR):
Amelogenin: X CSF1PO: 10, 11 D13S317: 8, 11 D7S820: 8, 9 D5S818: 11, 12 D16S539: 12 vWA: 15, 17 THO1: 9.3 TPOX: 8 Citation Format:
If use of this culture results in a scientific publication, it should be cited in the publication as: U87MG (AddexBio C0005002) Mutations in U87MG Cells
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B103
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U87MG cells