Lung Epithelial Cell Line A549

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Lung epithelial cell line a549.

20 mm and 10 fetal calf serum at 37 c. A549 a cell line model of nsclc used to evaluate the role of ccl22 and il 37 in epithelial mesenchymal transition 3 toxicology studies cellular toxicity of carbon based nanomaterials was tested in calu 1 and other lung cancer cell lines 4. A continuous tumor cell line from a human lung carcinoma with properties of type ii alveolar epithelial cells. Occasional cells may also contain inclusion bodies although they are not known to carry any human pathogen.

The cell line of a549 was cultured in atcc formulated modified f 12 k medium containing 10 fetal bovine serum 100 u ml penicillin and 100 u ml streptomycin sulfate. Application enzymatic studies human a549 cell line has been. The a549 cell line is a suitable host for many human. Cell culture and seeding of a549.

A549 cells are adenocarcinomic human alveolar basal epithelial cells and constitute a cell line that was first developed in 1972 by d. Human lung epithelial cells a549 which were bought from shanghai institutes for biological sciences. Ccl 185 a549 lung carcinoma homo sapiens 58 years caucasian the cells are positive for keratin by. A549 cell line origin.

Cells from the human lung epithelial carcinoma cell line a549 atcc ccl 185 were maintained in dulbecco s eagle s medium supplemented with penicillin 0 6 μg ml 1 streptomycin 60 μg ml 1 glutamine 2 mm hepes buffer ph 7 4. A549 cells are hypotriploid alveolar basal epithelial cells. Through the removal and culturing of cancerous lung tissue in the explanted tumor of a 58 year old caucasian male. The cells are used as models for the study of lung cancer and the development of drug therapies against it.

Cross references nucleotide genbank. Lung cancer and normal cell lines. This adenocarcinomic cell line is categorized as a non small cell lung carcinoma nsclc which tends to. In a study to.

Cell culture nsclc cells a549 nci h23 nci h1299 and hcc827 and human normal lung epithelial cells beas 2b were bought from american type culture collection atcc manassas va usa. Cancer research the generation of epithelial models of thedistal lung for studies into airway function and disease and virology. The a549 cell line was established in 1972 by d j. Small cell lung cancer homo sapiens 59 years caucasian the cells do not express vasopressin oxytocin.

The cells can synthesise lecithin utilising the cytidine diphosphocholine pathway. X54079 human mrna for heat shock protein hsp27. A549 cells were cultured in kaighn s modification of ham s f 12 f 12k medium atcc nci h23 nci h1299 and hcc827 cells were cultured in rpmi 1640.