| BCRJ: | 0311 |
| Cell Line: | AGS |
| Tissue: | |
| Organ: | STOMACH |
| Cell Type: | EPITHELIAL |
| Morphology: | EPITHELIAL |
| Pathology: | ADENOCARCINOMA |
| Scientific Name: | HOMO SAPIENS |
| Vulgar Name: | HUMAN |
| Sex: | FEMALE |
| Miscelaneous Info: | 54 YEARS OLD |
| Virus Succeptibility: | |
| Virus Resistance: | |
| Tumor Formation: | YES, IN ATHYMIC BALB/C MICE |
| Products: | |
| Dependency Isoenzymes: | |
| Culture Medium: | DMEM SUPPLEMENTED WITH 2mM L-GLUTAMINE AND 10% FETAL BOVINE SERUM |
| Consigner: | MARCELO LIMA RIBEIRO - UNIFAG |
| Reference: | BARRANCO SC ET AL. ESTABLISHMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NA IN VIVO MODEL SYSTEM FOR HUMAM ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE STOMACH. CANCER RES 43:1703-9, 1982 |
| Additional Info: | THE AGS CELL LINE WAS DERIVED FROM FRAGMENTS OF A BIOPSY SPECIMEN OF NA UNTREATED HUMAN ADENOCARCINOMA OF STOMACH. THIS CELL LINE MAY RELEASE PARAINFLUENZAVIRUS TYPE 5 (FORMELY KNOWN AS SIMIAN VIRUS 5). THE VIRUS INTERFERES WITH INTERFERON-SIGNALLING WITHIN THE CELL LINE BY DEGRADATION OF STAT1. |
| ATCC: | |
| Biosafety: | 2 |
