WI38 cell

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Contents 1 Used for 2 Broader Terms 3 Related Terms 4 Scope Note 5 Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

Used for

WI 38 cell

Broader Terms

cell line

Related Terms

human genetic material tag

Scope Note

cell line derived from lung tissue taken from a therapeutically aborted human fetus of about 3 months gestational age; cell morphology is fibroblast-like.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

• Proliferation of the WI38 cell is 12 0 t- 6 z x 0I 0 1 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 4 Time (days) Fig.
• Autocrine stimulation of WI38 cell proliferation in the presence of glucocorticoids.
• In contrast, incubation with Etoposide induces WI38 cell apoptosis and/or senescence in a dose-dependent way, e.
• Donais) Migration of a WI38 cell transfected with alpha-5-GFP.
• However, there was a 2-5-fold increase in the level of expression of the RB1 gene in all the tumor samples compared to the WI38 cell line which was used as control.
• Experimental WI38 cells and SV40-transformed WI38 cells were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (Rockville, MD, U.

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