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Cellosaurus WM239A (CVCL_6795)

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Cell line name WM239A
Synonyms WM-239A; WM-239-A; WM 239-A; WM 239A; WM-239; WM239; WM 239; WC00044
Accession CVCL_6795
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: WM239A (RRID:CVCL_6795)
Comments Part of: Wistar Institute melanoma cell line collection.
Population: Caucasian.
Omics: Transcriptome analysis by microarray.
Derived from site: Metastatic; Lymph node; UBERON=UBERON_0000027.
Sequence variations
  • Gene deletion; HGNC; 1787; CDKN2A; Zygosity=Homozygous (Wistar).
  • Gene deletion; HGNC; 1788; CDKN2B; Zygosity=Homozygous (Wistar).
  • Gene deletion; HGNC; 9588; PTEN; Zygosity=Hemizygous (Wistar).
  • Mutation; HGNC; 1097; BRAF; Simple; p.Val600Asp (c.1799_1800delTGinsAT); ClinVar=VCV000375939; Zygosity=Heterozygous (PubMed=15009714; Wistar).
Disease Melanoma (NCIt: C3224)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Hierarchy Children:
CVCL_VS31 (WM239A HmR)
Originate from same individual CVCL_0040 ! WM115
CVCL_L033 ! WM165-1
CVCL_RN55 ! WM165-2
CVCL_RN56 ! WM239B
CVCL_RN57 ! WM266-1
CVCL_RN58 ! WM266-2
CVCL_RN59 ! WM266-3
CVCL_2765 ! WM266-4
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling 55Y
Category Cancer cell line
STR profile Source(s): Wistar

Markers:
AmelogeninX
CSF1PO11,12
D5S81812,13
D7S8207,8
D13S31711,12
D16S53911,12
D21S1128,29
TH017,9
TPOX8,11
vWA15,17

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Web pages https://www.wistar.org/our-scientists/meenhard-herlyn
Publications

PubMed=3856042; DOI=10.1093/jnci/74.2.283
Herlyn M., Balaban G.B., Bennicelli J.L., Guerry D. IV, Halaban R., Herlyn D., Elder D.E., Maul G.G., Steplewski Z., Nowell P.C., Clark W.H. Jr., Koprowski H.
Primary melanoma cells of the vertical growth phase: similarities to metastatic cells.
J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 74:283-289(1985)

PubMed=4053039
Herlyn M., Thurin J., Balaban G.B., Bennicelli J.L., Herlyn D., Elder D.E., Bondi E., Guerry D. IV, Nowell P.C., Clark W.H. Jr., Koprowski H.
Characteristics of cultured human melanocytes isolated from different stages of tumor progression.
Cancer Res. 45:5670-5676(1985)

PubMed=3020539; DOI=10.1073/pnas.83.19.7197
Westermark B., Johnsson A., Paulsson Y., Betsholtz C., Heldin C.-H., Herlyn M., Rodeck U., Koprowski H.
Human melanoma cell lines of primary and metastatic origin express the genes encoding the chains of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and produce a PDGF-like growth factor.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 83:7197-7200(1986)

PubMed=2253310; DOI=10.1007/BF00046337
Herlyn M.
Human melanoma: development and progression.
Cancer Metastasis Rev. 9:101-112(1990)

PubMed=15009714; DOI=10.1046/j.0022-202X.2004.22243.x
Tsao H., Goel V., Wu H., Yang G., Haluska F.G.
Genetic interaction between NRAS and BRAF mutations and PTEN/MMAC1 inactivation in melanoma.
J. Invest. Dermatol. 122:337-341(2004)

PubMed=16827748; DOI=10.1111/j.1600-0749.2006.00322.x
Hoek K.S., Schlegel N.C., Brafford P., Sucker A., Ugurel S., Kumar R., Weber B.L., Nathanson K.L., Phillips D.J., Herlyn M., Schadendorf D., Dummer R.
Metastatic potential of melanomas defined by specific gene expression profiles with no BRAF signature.
Pigment Cell Res. 19:290-302(2006)

PubMed=18632627; DOI=10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-0235
Smalley K.S.M., Contractor R., Nguyen T.K., Xiao M., Edwards R., Muthusamy V., King A.J., Flaherty K.T., Bosenberg M.W., Herlyn M., Nathanson K.L.
Identification of a novel subgroup of melanomas with KIT/cyclin-dependent kinase-4 overexpression.
Cancer Res. 68:5743-5752(2008)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) Coriell; WC00044 - Discontinued
Rockland; WM239A-01-0001
Cell line databases/resources cancercelllines; CVCL_6795
Cell_Model_Passport; SIDM00978
Anatomy/cell type resources BTO; BTO:0003474
Chemistry resources GDSC; 1240225
PharmacoDB; WM239A_1670_2019
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54994215
Gene expression databases GEO; GSM109034
GEO; GSM188232
GEO; GSM188262
GEO; GSM188321
Polymorphism and mutation databases Cosmic; 888850
Cosmic; 928690
Cosmic; 972260
Cosmic; 1155288
Cosmic; 1155564
Cosmic; 1303069
Cosmic; 1477413
IARC_TP53; 24993
Progenetix; CVCL_6795
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update05-Oct-2023
Version number27