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. 2006 Jun;55(6):797–802. doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.078113

Table 2 Sources and biological characteristics of the gastric epithelial cell lines.

Cell line Biological characteristics Source
GES‐1 An SV40 human fetal gastric epithelial cell line, non‐malignant Beijing Institute for Cancer Research, Beijing, China
AGS A human gastric cancer cell line with wild‐type p53, poorly differentiated American Type Culture Collection, USA
MKN‐45 A human gastric cancer cell line with wild‐type p53, poorly differentiated The RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research) Cell Bank, Japan
MKN‐28 A human gastric cancer cell line with mutant p53, moderately differentiated The RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research) Cell Bank, Japan
MGC‐803 A human gastric mucous adenocarcinoma cell line, with mutant p53, poorly differentiated Kind gift from Prof DM Fan of Xijing Hospital, Xi'an, China.
SGC‐7901 A human gastric cancer cell line with mutant p53, moderately differentiated Kind gift from Prof SD Xiao, Shanghai Second Medical University, China