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Cells > Epithelial Cells > A549 Cells
Cells > Cells, Cultured > Cell Line > Cell Line, Tumor > A549 Cells
Cells > Cells, Cultured > Tumor Cells, Cultured > Cell Line, Tumor > A549 Cells

Preferred term

A549 Cells  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • A549 Cell Line
  • A549 Cell Lines
  • Cell Line, A549
  • Cell Lines, A549

Note

  • almost always NIM with no subheadings; check HUMAN; do not routinely add ADENOCARCINOMA, ALVEOLAR

Scope note

  • An immortalized cell line derived from human ADENOCARCINOMA, ALVEOLAR basal epithelial cells isolated from the lungs of a male patient in 1972. The cell line is positive for KERATIN, can synthesize LECITHIN, and contains high levels of POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS in its PLASMA MEMBRANE. It is used as a model for PULMONARY ALVEOLI function and virus infections, as a TRANSFECTION host, and for PRECLINICAL DRUG EVALUATION.

History note

  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000072283

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