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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


MRC-5 (human, lung, fetal)


SPECIES: human
TISSUE/ORGAN: lung, fetal

ECACC catalog code: 97112601
Morphology: Fibroblast
Description: Human fetal lung
Viruses: See Properties
Depositor: Dr P Jacobs, NIBSC, London, UK
No restrictions. Patent: None Specified By Depositor
Properties: Applications: Virus studies.

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Availability in cell line catalogues: ICLC: HL95001


MRC-5 (human, lung, fetal)

ICLC catalog code: HL95001
Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
fibroblast-like morphology
SPECIES: human (male, 14 weeks old) Karyology: diploid
TISSUE/ORGAN: lung, fetal
Susceptibility to viruses: herpes simplex * poliovirus 1 * vesic. stomatitis (Indiana)
DEPOSITOR: Obtained from ECACC.
Cell line available for distribution. For non-commercial investigative use only
PROPERTIES: vaccine development; senescence; virology

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Availability in cell line catalogues: ECACC: 84101801, ECACC: 97112601

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MRC-5 (human, lung, embryonic)

Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
fibroblast-like morphology
SPECIES: human (male, 14 weeks old) Karyology: diploid
TISSUE/ORGAN: lung, embryonic
Susceptibility to viruses: adenovirus * echovirus * herpes simplex * measles * poliovirus 1 * poliovirus 2 * poliovirus 3 * rubella * vesic. stomatitis (Indiana)
PROPERTIES: vaccine development; senescence; virology

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 171, NIA: AGO5965B, ECACC: 84101801, ICLC: HL95001, ECACC: 97112601

Bibliographic references:


MRC-5 (human, lung, embryonic)

Continuous culture, grown as monolayer
fibroblast-like morphology
SPECIES: human (male, 14 weeks old) Karyology: diploid
TISSUE/ORGAN: lung, embryonic
Susceptibility to viruses: adenovirus * echovirus * herpes simplex * measles * poliovirus 1 * poliovirus 2 * poliovirus 3 * rubella * vesic. stomatitis (Indiana)
PROPERTIES: vaccine development; senescence; virology

Available in the following LABORATORY:

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 171, NIA: AGO5965B, ECACC: 84101801, ICLC: HL95001, ECACC: 97112601

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