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For information, get in touch with: Dott.ssa Paola Visconti
Email: paola.visconti@hsanmartino.it
  P. Romano, A. Manniello et al. Nucl Acids Res 2009 37:D925-D932.
DOI: doi:10.1093/nar/gkn730; PMID: 18927105


KB (human, Caucasian, mouth, carcinoma, epidermoid)


SPECIES: human, Caucasian
TISSUE/ORGAN: mouth
TUMOR: carcinoma, epidermoid

ECACC catalog code: 94050408
Morphology: Epithelial-like
Susceptibility to viruses: adenovirus 3 * herpes simplex * influenza * poliovirus 1 * vaccinia
Description: Human oral epidermoid carcinoma, HeLa characteristics
Viruses: See Properties
Depositor: Obtained from ATCC, USA
No restrictions. Patent: None Specified By Depositor
Properties: Applications: KB has been used extensively in studies of cell nutrition and metabolism, cancer chemotherapy screening, tumourigenicity and viruses e.g. susceptible to Polio virus type I and Adenovirus type 3.

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 17, IZSBS: BS TCL34, DSMZ: ACC 136

Bibliographic references:


KB (human, Caucasian, mouth, carcinoma, squamous cell)

IZSBS catalog code: BS TCL34
Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (male, Adult) Karyology: modal number 74-78
TISSUE/ORGAN: mouth
TUMOR: carcinoma, squamous cell
Susceptibility to viruses: adenovirus 3 * herpes simplex * influenza * poliovirus 1 * vaccinia
PROPERTIES: nutrition; metabolism; chemotherapeutic agents; tumorigenicity; virology

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 17, ECACC: 94050408, DSMZ: ACC 136


KB (human, Caucasian, mouth, carcinoma, squamous cell)

Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (male, Adult) Karyology: modal number 74-78
TISSUE/ORGAN: mouth
TUMOR: carcinoma, squamous cell
Susceptibility to viruses: adenovirus 3 * herpes simplex * influenza * poliovirus 1 * vaccinia
PROPERTIES: nutrition; metabolism; chemotherapeutic agents; tumorigenicity; virology

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 17, IZSBS: BS TCL34, ECACC: 94050408, DSMZ: ACC 136

Bibliographic references:


KB (human, Caucasian, mouth, carcinoma, squamous cell)

Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (male, Adult) Karyology: modal number 74-78
TISSUE/ORGAN: mouth
TUMOR: carcinoma, squamous cell
Susceptibility to viruses: adenovirus 3 * herpes simplex * influenza * poliovirus 1 * vaccinia
PROPERTIES: nutrition; metabolism; chemotherapeutic agents; tumorigenicity; virology

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 17, IZSBS: BS TCL34, ECACC: 94050408, DSMZ: ACC 136

Bibliographic references:


KB (human, Caucasian, mouth, carcinoma, squamous cell)

Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (male, Adult) Karyology: modal number 74-78
TISSUE/ORGAN: mouth
TUMOR: carcinoma, squamous cell
Susceptibility to viruses: adenovirus 3 * herpes simplex * influenza * poliovirus 1 * vaccinia
PROPERTIES: nutrition; metabolism; chemotherapeutic agents; tumorigenicity; virology

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 17, IZSBS: BS TCL34, ECACC: 94050408, DSMZ: ACC 136

Bibliographic references:



For information, get in touch with:
IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10 - I-16132 Genova - Italy
Dott.ssa Paola Visconti
Email: paola.visconti@hsanmartino.it

If you want to cite CLDB and HyperCLDB, please use the following reference:

P. Romano, A. Manniello, O. Aresu, M. Armento, M. Cesaro, B. Parodi.
Cell Line Data Base: structure and recent improvements towards molecular authentication of human cell lines.
Nucleic Acids Research 2009 37(Database issue):D925-D932.
DOI: doi:10.1093/nar/gkn730; PMID: 18927105