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  P. Romano, A. Manniello et al. Nucl Acids Res 2009 37:D925-D932.
DOI: doi:10.1093/nar/gkn730; PMID: 18927105


SH-SY5Y (human, neuroblastoma)


SPECIES: human
TUMOR: neuroblastoma

DSMZ catalog code: ACC 209
Morphology: epithelial-like cells growing as monolayer and in cell clusters (when cultured at high density); cells do not grow to complete confluency
Description: human neuroblastoma clonal subline of the neuroepithelioma cell line SK-N-SH that had been established in 1970 from the bone marrow biopsy of a 4-year-old girl with metastatic neuroblastoma confirmed as human with IEF of AST, MDH
Viruses: ELISA: reverse transcriptase negative; PCR: EBV-, HBV-, HCV-, HHV-8-, HIV-, HTLV-I/II-
Depositor: Dr. J. Heikkilae, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Availability in cell line catalogues: ECACC: 94030304, ICLC: HTL95013

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SH-SY5Y (human, Caucasian, bone marrow, neuroblastoma)


SPECIES: human, Caucasian
TISSUE/ORGAN: bone marrow
TUMOR: neuroblastoma

ECACC catalog code: 94030304
Morphology: Neuroblast
Description: Human neuroblastoma
Viruses: See Properties
Depositor: Dr PFT Vaughan, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, University of Leeds, UK
No restrictions. Patent: None Specified By Depositor
Properties: Applications: Neurotransmitter studies

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SH-SY5Y (human, Caucasian, bone marrow, neuroblastoma)

Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: human, Caucasian (female, 4 years old)
TISSUE/ORGAN: bone marrow
TUMOR: neuroblastoma
PROPERTIES: tumor markers; chemotherapeutic agents; nucleic acids; neurotransmitter studies; convert glutamate to GABA; dopamine-beta-hydroxylase activity

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Availability in cell line catalogues: ECACC: 94030304, DSMZ: ACC 209, ICLC: HTL95013

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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