Skin related cell lines

Name Description of cell line Original reference Origin Sex & Age  Source Cellosaurus (ExPaSy)
A-431 Epidermoid carcinoma cell line Giard et al., J Natl Cancer Inst 51: 1417 (1973) Skin Female, 85 DSMZ CVCL_0037
Cancer cell line
HaCaT Keratinocyte cell line Boukamp et al., J Cell Biol Mar 106(3): 761 (1988) Skin Male NEF1 CVCL_0038
Spontaneously immortalized cell line
SK-MEL-30 Metastatic malignant melanoma cell line Carey et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 73: 3278 (1976) Subcutis Male, 67 DSMZ CVCL_0039
Cancer cell line
WM-115 Malignant melanoma cell line Westermark B. et al, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Oct; 83(19): 7197 (1986) Skin Female, 58 BW2 CVCL_0040
Cancer cell line

Source information

  1. Prof. Norbert E Fusenig, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
  2. Prof. Bengt Westermark, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden