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Cellosaurus is database indexing available cell lines from various collections: American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), Bioresource Collection and Research Center, Taiwan (BCRC), Banco de Células do Rio de Janeiro (BCRJ), CellBank Australia (CBA), Collection of Cell Lines in Veterinary Medicine (CCLV), Cell Lines Service (CLS), Coriell, Drosophila Genomics Resource Center (DGRC), Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ), European Bank for induced pluripotent Stem Cells (EBiSC), European Collection of Authenticated Cell Cultures (ECACC), Interlab Cell Line Collection (ICLC), Institute for Fermentation Osaka (IFO), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Romagna (IZSLER) biobank, Japanese Collection of Research Bioresources (JCRB) Cell Bank, Kunming Cell Bank of Type Culture Collection (KCB), Korean Cell Line Bank (KCLB), Millipore, National Cell Bank of Iran (NCBI_Iran), National Cancer Institute - Developmental Therapeutics Program (NCI-DTP), NINDS Human Cell and Data Repository (NHCDR), NIH AIDS Reagent Program (NIH-ARP), NISES, RIKEN Bioresource Center Cell Bank (RCB), Royan Stem Cell Bank (RSCB), Tick Cell Biobank (TCB), Tohoku University cell line catalog (TKG), and Ximbio.
| Name | Proper Citation | Organism | Disease |
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IPRB Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified |
RRID:CVCL_1R53 | Rattus norvegicus (Rat) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Originally thought to be of human origin but found to be from rat (PubMed=20951163).. | PMID:20951163 | Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | BioSample:SAMN03152017, Wikidata:Q54898051 |
CVCL_1R53 | 2026-02-07 08:21:23 | 0 | ||||||
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Hs 677.St Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified Discontinued |
RRID:CVCL_F646 | Mus musculus (Mouse) | Part of: Naval Biosciences Laboratory (NBL) collection (transferred to ATCC in 1982)., Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Originally thought to be of human origin but found to be from mouse.. | Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | ATCC:CRL-7407, BioSample:SAMN03152015, Wikidata:Q54895863 |
CVCL_F646 | 2026-02-07 08:20:24 | 0 | |||||||
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HNOS Resource Report Resource Website 1+ mentions Misidentified Discontinued Discontinued |
RRID:CVCL_M838 | Mus musculus (Mouse) | Miscellaneous: A sample of HNOS was supplied to ICLAC for STR profiling by JCRB (Kohara A.) and tested by Labcorp Cell Line Testing (Ladd M.)., Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Originally thought to be of human origin but found to be from mouse (ICLAC; JCRB). Originally thought to originate from a oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma.. | PMID:10601556 | Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | JCRB:JCRB1023, JCRB:NIHS0256, Wikidata:Q54890068 |
CVCL_M838 | 2026-02-07 08:17:03 | 1 | ||||||
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Horse Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified |
RRID:CVCL_9124 | Cricetulus griseus (Chinese hamster) | Part of: Naval Biosciences Laboratory (NBL) collection (transferred to ATCC in 1982)., Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Originally thought to be of horse origin but found to be from hamster (CelloPub=CLPUB00758).. | Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | CLO:CLO_0003794, ATCC:CRL-6583, Wikidata:Q54890159 |
CVCL_9124 | 2026-02-07 08:17:02 | 0 | |||||||
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HEL-R66 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified |
RRID:CVCL_1R39 | Chlorocebus aethiops (Green monkey) | Virology: Highly susceptible to infection by herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, vaccinia virus, Newcastle disease virus (NDV), Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), western equine encephalitis virus, Sindbis virus, vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) and rabies virus (PubMed=116626; PubMed=218901)., Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Originally thought to be an embryonic lung cell line of human origin but found to be from Chlorocebus aethiops (PubMed=6451928; PubMed=7236009; PubMed=20143388).., Group: Non-human primate cell line. |
PMID:116626 PMID:218901 PMID:6451928 PMID:7236009 PMID:20143388 |
Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | HELR66 | BioSample:SAMN03152012, Wikidata:Q54882507 |
CVCL_1R39 | 2026-02-07 08:14:24 | 0 | |||||
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GNE-587170 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified |
RRID:CVCL_AT69 | Homo sapiens (Human) | From: Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI); Toronto; Canada., Problematic cell line: Misidentified. This cell line was mistakenly distributed by OCI to a number of groups as being OCI-Ly-3 (Cellosaurus=CVCL_8800). The real identity of this cell line is not known. From personal communication of Neve, Richard M.. | PMID:25877200 | Undefined cell line type | Male | OCI-Ly-3 Boston variant | BioSample:SAMN03470848, Wikidata:Q54871608 |
CVCL_AT69 | 2026-02-07 08:11:42 | 0 | |||||
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LF-BK Resource Report Resource Website 1+ mentions Misidentified |
RRID:CVCL_RX26 | Sus scrofa (Pig) | Virology: Susceptible to infection by foot-and-mouth disease virus., Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Originally thought to be of bovine fetal kidney origin but found to be from pig (PubMed=25617444; PubMed=25787111).. |
PMID:2847400 PMID:23515553 PMID:25617444 PMID:25787111 |
Spontaneously immortalized cell line | Sex unspecified | LFBK | Wikidata:Q54902451 | CVCL_RX26 | 2026-02-07 08:23:18 | 4 | |||||
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NCI-H1622 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified Discontinued |
RRID:CVCL_4364 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Lung small cell carcinoma | Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Presence of a Y chromosome in cell line that was thought to be of female origin (PubMed=20143388). In addition according to PubMed=8806092 it is supposed to be established from the same patient as NCI-H1618 (Cellosaurus=CVCL_1480) but the STR profile is different.. |
PMID:8806092 PMID:8806103 PMID:20143388 PMID:31803961 |
Cancer cell line | Male | H1622, H-1622 | ATCC:CRL-5880, BioSample:SAMN03152021, Wikidata:Q54907834 |
CVCL_4364 | 2026-02-07 08:25:56 | 0 | ||||
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NCI-H738 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified Discontinued |
RRID:CVCL_4365 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Lung small cell carcinoma | Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Presence of a Y chromosome in cell line that was thought to be of female origin.. |
PMID:8806092 PMID:8806103 PMID:11030152 PMID:31803961 |
Cancer cell line | Male | H738, H-738 | ATCC:CRL-5839, BioSample:SAMN03152022, BioSample:SAMN03471752, Wikidata:Q54908116 |
CVCL_4365 | 2026-02-07 08:26:00 | 0 | ||||
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UPES/C Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified |
RRID:CVCL_1R55 | Mus musculus (Mouse) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Originally thought to be of human origin but found to be from mouse (PubMed=20951163).. | PMID:20951163 | Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | BioSample:SAMN03152029, Wikidata:Q54991696 |
CVCL_1R55 | 2026-02-07 08:42:08 | 0 | ||||||
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UPHHJA Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified |
RRID:CVCL_1R56 | Rattus norvegicus (Rat) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Originally thought to be of human origin but found to be from rat (PubMed=20951163).. | PMID:20951163 | Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | BioSample:SAMN03152030, Wikidata:Q54991697 |
CVCL_1R56 | 2026-02-07 08:42:00 | 0 | ||||||
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CAC2 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified |
RRID:CVCL_6883 | Rattus norvegicus (Rat) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Originally thought to be of human origin but found to be from rat (PubMed=19557180; PubMed=20143388). Originally thought to originate from salivary gland adenoid cystic carcinoma.. |
PMID:19557180 PMID:20143388 |
Undefined cell line type | Sex unspecified | CAC-2, Carcinoma Adenoide Cistico 2 | BioSample:SAMN03152001, Wikidata:Q54808312 |
CVCL_6883 | 2026-02-07 07:54:12 | 0 | |||||
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FQ Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified |
RRID:CVCL_L984 | Aotus trivirgatus (Three-striped night monkey) | Anecdotal: Part of a set of 4 cell lines that were fraudulently stated to originate from Hodgkin lymphoma (PubMed=265539)., Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Originally thought to be of human origin but found to derive from OMK-210 from owl monkey (PubMed=7192801; PubMed=12592342; PubMed=20143388).., Group: Non-human primate cell line. |
PMID:68093 PMID:265539 PMID:7005696 PMID:7192801 PMID:12592342 PMID:20143388 PMID:29533902 |
Undefined cell line type | Female | BioSample:SAMN03151876, Wikidata:Q54835141 |
cvcl_l983 | CVCL_L984 | 2026-02-07 08:03:52 | 0 | |||||
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D-11 Resource Report Resource Website 1+ mentions Misidentified |
RRID:CVCL_2012 | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Chinook salmon) | Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Originally thought to be of Oncorhynchus mykiss (trout) origin but found to be from Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (DSMZ=ACC-77).., Group: Fish cell line. | PMID:28374170 | Spontaneously immortalized cell line | Sex unspecified | CLO:CLO_0002660, CLDB:cl953, DSMZ:ACC-77, DSMZCellDive:ACC-77, Wikidata:Q54817119 |
cvcl_4607 | CVCL_2012 | 2026-02-07 07:57:42 | 1 | |||||
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CL2621 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified |
RRID:CVCL_A0XU | Chlorocebus pygerythrus (Vervet monkey) | Virology: Susceptible to infection by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)., From: Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Inc.; St. Joseph; USA., Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Parent cell line (MA-104) has been shown to be from Chlorocebus pygerythrus instead of Rhesus macaque.., Group: Non-human primate cell line. |
PMID:1616975 PMID:1616976 PMID:8507694 |
Spontaneously immortalized cell line | Sex unspecified | CL-2621, CL 2621 | Wikidata:Q108820061 | cvcl_3845 | CVCL_A0XU | 2026-02-07 07:55:23 | 0 | ||||
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CHP-234 Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified Discontinued |
RRID:CVCL_4359 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Neuroblastoma | Characteristics: Neuroblastic type (N-type) (PubMed=15720811)., Part of: Naval Biosciences Laboratory (NBL) collection (transferred to ATCC in 1982)., Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Presence of a Y chromosome in cell line that was thought to be of female origin (PubMed=20143388).. |
PMID:6113887 PMID:15720811 PMID:20143388 |
Cancer cell line | Female | CHP 234, CHP234, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia-234 | ATCC:CRL-2272, BioSample:SAMN03152004, BioSample:SAMN03471857, Wikidata:Q54813268 |
CVCL_4359 | 2026-02-07 07:55:14 | 0 | ||||
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U-87MG ATCC Resource Report Resource Website 1000+ mentions Misidentified Discontinued |
RRID:CVCL_0022 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Glioblastoma | Population: Caucasian., Part of: Human Protein Atlas, Cell Atlas panel., Part of: ENCODE project common cell types; tier 3., Part of: COSMIC cell lines project., Part of: Cancer Dependency Map project (DepMap) (includes Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia - CCLE)., Problematic cell line: Misidentified. This cell line is not the original glioblastoma cell line established in 1968 at the University of Uppsala. As described in PubMed=27582061 it is most probably also a glioblastoma cell line but whose origin is unknow. See U-87MG Uppsala (Cellosaurus=CVCL_GP63) for the original U-87MG cell line.. |
PMID:327080 PMID:450131 PMID:833871 PMID:3518877 PMID:7459858 PMID:7763724 PMID:8069455 PMID:9090379 PMID:9230885 PMID:9842975 PMID:10074188 PMID:10402232 PMID:10416987 PMID:10560660 PMID:11414198 PMID:11416159 PMID:11966317 PMID:14614447 PMID:14655754 PMID:14961077 PMID:16232199 PMID:16697959 PMID:17595512 PMID:19365568 PMID:19435942 PMID:20126413 PMID:20164919 PMID:20215515 PMID:20587068 PMID:20593219 PMID:21406405 PMID:22282976 PMID:22460905 PMID:22570425 PMID:23325432 PMID:25877200 PMID:25894527 PMID:25960936 PMID:25984343 PMID:26496030 PMID:26589293 PMID:27397505 PMID:27412690 PMID:27582061 PMID:27894925 PMID:30894373 PMID:30971826 PMID:31068700 PMID:31978347 PMID:33385022 |
Cancer cell line | Male | U-87MG, U-87 MG, U87 MG, U-87-MG, U87-MG, U87MG, U-87, U87, 87 MG, 87MG | BTO:BTO_0002036, CLO:CLO_0009463, CLO:CLO_0009464, EFO:EFO_0005237, MCCL:MCC:0000469, CLDB:cl4592, CLDB:cl4594, CLDB:cl4595, CLDB:cl7166, Abcam:ab278079, AddexBio:C0005002/71, ArrayExpress:E-MTAB-783, ArrayExpress:E-MTAB-2770, ArrayExpress:E-MTAB-3610, ATCC:HTB-14, BCRC:60360, BCRJ:0241, BEI_Resources:ARP-2188, BioGRID_ORCS_Cell_line:348, BioSample:SAMN03472715, BioSample:SAMN03473126, BioSample:SAMN05292456, BioSample:SAMN07710026, BioSample:SAMN07710027, BioSample:SAMN07710028, BioSample:SAMN07710029, BioSample:SAMN07710030, BioSample:SAMN07710031, BioSample:SAMN07710032, BioSample:SAMN10988360, cancercelllines:CVCL_0022, CCRID:1101HUM-PUMC000208, CCRID:3101HUMTCHu138, CCTCC:GDC0157, Cell_Model_Passport:SIDM01189, CGH-DB:157-1, ChEMBL-Cells:CHEMBL3307575, ChEMBL-Cells:CHEMBL3989361, ChEMBL-Targets:CHEMBL614247, CLS:300367, Cosmic:687590, Cosmic:849853, Cosmic:850741, Cosmic:850822, Cosmic:920816, Cosmic:1036336, Cosmic:1064099, Cosmic:1066234, Cosmic:1171224, Cosmic:1175825, Cosmic:1198263, Cosmic:1217671, Cosmic:1219449, Cosmic:1237542, Cosmic:1294951, Cosmic:1610737, Cosmic:1746951, Cosmic:1945859, Cosmic:2302316, Cosmic:2367555, Cosmic:2491106, Cosmic:2516044, Cosmic:2550364, Cosmic:2568870, Cosmic:2580918, Cosmic:2701083, Cosmic-CLP:687590, DepMap:ACH-000075, ECACC:89081402, EGA:EGAS00001000978, ENCODE:ENCBS424ENC, GDSC:687590, GEO:GSM101676, GEO:GSM101686, GEO:GSM101687, GEO:GSM101688, GEO:GSM326243, GEO:GSM481417, GEO:GSM500897, GEO:GSM887723, GEO:GSM888817, GEO:GSM923437, GEO:GSM1374974, GEO:GSM1638668, GEO:GSM1670559, GEO:GSM2113436, GEO:GSM2113437, GEO:GSM2113438, GEO:GSM2113439, GEO:GSM7701418, GEO:GSM7701419, IARC_TP53:21096, IBRC:C10982, ICLC:HTL00013, IZSLER:BS TCL 189, KCB:KCB 2011101YJ, KCLB:30014, LiGeA:CCLE_552, LINCS_HMS:50868, LINCS_LDP:LCL-1364, Lonza:37, Lonza:808, MetaboLights:MTBLS4708, MetaboLights:MTBLS6212, NCBI_Iran:C531, PharmacoDB:U87MG_1623_2019, PRIDE:PXD000589, PRIDE:PXD000661, PRIDE:PXD001565, PRIDE:PXD003790, Progenetix:CVCL_0022, PubChem_Cell_line:CVCL_0022, RCB:RCB0419, TOKU-E:3381, Ubigene:YC-C028, Wikidata:Q7863603 |
CVCL_0022 | 2026-02-07 08:40:51 | 3409 | ||||
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U-87 MG-Luc2 Resource Report Resource Website 1+ mentions Misidentified |
RRID:CVCL_UR33 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Glioblastoma | Characteristics: Stably expresses firefly luciferase under the control of the human EF1a promoter (ATCC=HTB-14-LUC2)., Population: Caucasian., Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Parent cell line (U-87MG ATCC) is not the original glioblastoma cell line established in 1968 at the University of Uppsala.. | Cancer cell line | Male | ATCC:HTB-14-LUC2, cancercelllines:CVCL_UR33, Wikidata:Q98133707 |
cvcl_0022 | CVCL_UR33 | 2026-02-07 08:40:56 | 2 | |||||
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U-87MG ATCC IDH1 p.R132H Resource Report Resource Website 1+ mentions Misidentified |
RRID:CVCL_UE09 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Glioblastoma | Population: Caucasian., Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Parent cell line (U-87MG ATCC) is not the original glioblastoma cell line established in 1968 at the University of Uppsala.. | Cancer cell line | Male | IDH1 mutant-U-87 Isogenic Cell Line | ATCC:HTB-14IG, cancercelllines:CVCL_UE09, Wikidata:Q98133708 |
cvcl_0022 | CVCL_UE09 | 2026-02-07 08:40:51 | 1 | ||||
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U-87MG/DDP Resource Report Resource Website Misidentified |
RRID:CVCL_VL16 | Homo sapiens (Human) | Glioblastoma | Population: Caucasian., Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Parent cell line (U-87MG ATCC) is not the original glioblastoma cell line established in 1968 at the University of Uppsala.. | PMID:24815474 | Cancer cell line | Male | U87MG/DDP | BTO:BTO_0006083, cancercelllines:CVCL_VL16, Wikidata:Q98133710 |
cvcl_0022 | CVCL_VL16 | 2026-02-07 08:40:51 | 0 |
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