Kaposi's sarcoma-derived cell line SLK is not of endothelial origin, but is a contaminant from a known renal carcinoma cell line

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1954-1958

  Stürzl, Michael ^a   Gaus, Dominika ^a   Dirks, Wilhelm G ^b   Ganem, Don ^c   Jochmann, Ramona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE DSMZ GERMAN COLLECTION OF MICROORGANISMS AND CELL CULTURES   (Germany)

^c Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

cross contamination; HHV 8; Kaposi's sarcoma; KSHV; quality control

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER RESEARCH; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINE CAKI 1; CELL LINE SLK; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITY CONTROL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SARCOMA, KAPOSI;

EID: 84873998737     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27849     Document Type: Article

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