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TR6Bc1 (mouse, C3H/He, brain, schwannoma)

SPECIES: mouse, C3H/He
TISSUE/ORGAN: brain
TUMOR: schwannoma

ECACC catalog code: 85042301
Morphology: Glial
Description: Mouse C3H.He Schwannoma
Viruses: See Properties
Depositor: Dr K Fields, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA (Originator)
No restrictions. Patent: None Specified By Depositor
Properties: Applications: Tumourigenicity studies

Available in the following LABORATORY:

• Part of the Business Division of the Health Protection Agency (ECACC, Salisbury, Wiltshire)
  DMEM + 2mM Glutamine + 10% Tryptose Phosphate Broth + 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS). Split confluent cultures 1:3 to 1:6 i.e. seeding at 2-4x10,000 cells/cm2 using 0.25% trypsin/EDTA; 5% CO2; 37C.
  Ethyl nitrosourea induced tumour in C3H. The mice, originated in trigeminal nerve and brain; readily transplanted and resembles schwannoma histologically. Cultured cells form prominent processes, resemble 33B (ECACC No. 85081901) morphologically, contain abundant C type particles.
  Research council deposit: No; Price Code: C;
  Validated by: isoenzymes (species confirmation) Bibliographic references:
• Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1975;72:1296 - PMID: 1093176