| BCRJ: | 0048 |
| Cell Line: | BEWO |
| Tissue: | EPITHELIUM |
| Organ: | |
| Cell Type: | EPITHELIAL |
| Morphology: | EPITHELIAL |
| Pathology: | |
| Scientific Name: | HOMO SAPIENS |
| Vulgar Name: | HUMAN |
| Sex: | |
| Miscelaneous Info: | Organ placenta, Pathology choriocarcinoma. The cells are positive for keratin by immunoperoxidase staining. |
| Virus Succeptibility: | poliovirus 3; vesicular stomatitis (Indiana) |
| Virus Resistance: | |
| Tumor Formation: | |
| Products: | hormones; progesterone; human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG); human chorionic somatomammotropin (placental lactogen); estrogen; estrone; estriol; estradiol; keratin |
| Dependency Isoenzymes: | G6PD, B |
| Culture Medium: | Ham's F12K medium with 2 mM L-glutamine, 90%; fetal bovine serum, 10%. Subculture procedure: standard trypsinization techniques. A split ratio 1:3 is recommended |
| Consigner: | Eloisa Amália Vieira Ferro, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas / Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. |
| Reference: | Pattillo RA , et al. Human hormone production in vitro. Science 159: 1467-1469, 1968. Pattillo RA , et al. Control mechanisms for gonadotrophic hormone production in vitro. In Vitro 6: 205-214, 1970. |
| Additional Info: | Growth Properties: adherent |
| ATCC: | CCL 98 |
| Biosafety: | 01 |
