1.4E7 cell line

1.4E7 cells provide a method of producing pure insulin secreting cells when stimulated. This is an alternative to the use of primary tissue in cell transplantation therapies for type 1 diabetes.

Contributors

Inventor Institute
Peter Flatt and Neville McClenaghan Ulster University
SKU: 161632
Product description: A hybrid cell line formed by the electrofusion of a primary culture of human pancreatic islets with PANC-1, a human pancreatic ductal carcinoma cell line. 1.4E7 has been shown to be tumourigenic when transplanted into a SCID mouse host. The cell line has applications in the study of pancreatic cell biology.
CRISPR: No
Additional notes: Patent: Flatt P & McClenaghan N (2004) Insulin producing cell-line US patent number 20040005702 (A1). Also WO0210346 (A2).
Parental cell line: PANC-1 cell line
Model description: Hybrid cell line formed by the electrofusion of a primary culture of human pancreatic islets with PANC-1, a human pancreatic ductal carcinoma cell line
Disease: Diabetes
Cat. #: 161632
Tool sub type: Hybrid cell line
Research Fields: Disease (not cancer)
Organism: Human
Tissue: Pancreas
Model: Transgenic
Morphology: Epitheloid
Growth properties: Adherent
Primary citation: Lieber M et al. 1975. Int J Cancer 15: 741-747 PMID: 1140870
Initial handling information: Split sub-confluent cultures (70-80%) 1:2 to 1:6 i.e. seeding at 2-4 x 104 cells/cm� using 0.05% trypsin or trypsin/EDTA; 5% CO2; 37°C. Population doubling approx 26hrs. At confluence 105 cells/cm� can be expected.
Format: Frozen
Storage conditions: Liquid Nitrogen
Shipping conditions: Dry Ice
Growth medium: RPMI-1640 + 2mM Glutamine + 10% FCS
Temperature: 37° C
Atmosphere: 5% CO2
Mycoplasma free: Yes
References:

McCluskey JT et al. 2011. J Biol Chem. Apr 22. PMID: 21515691., Guo-Parke H et al. 2012. J Endocrinol. 214(3):257-65. PMID: 22685334

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