Description
DMS79 has been established from pleural fluid of a patient with small cell carcinoma of the lung. The patient was treated with cytoxan, vincristine, methotrexate and radiation therapy. The cultures show a tendency for the modal chromosome number to decline. The production of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH), bombesin, calcitonin, beta-endorphin, 17-beta-estradiol, lipotropin, ocytocin-neurophysin, parathyroid hormone and somatstatin-like imuno-reactivity has been reported. The cells have also been reported to have the following cell surface antigens Leu-7, Class I HLA, Class II HLA, Mg23 defined by the AML-2-23 monoclonal antibody and the AML-1-99 defined antigen. The cells have a receptor for epidermal growth factor (EGF) and produce tumours in nude athymic mice. Cells grow as irregularly shaped aggregates.
Quality Control
DMS 79 Cell Line was tested and found to be free of mycoplasma, bacterial, viruses, and other toxins. All cells were above 95% viability before freezing.
