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. 2011 Oct 13;21(9):1571–1586. doi: 10.1089/scd.2011.0370

Table 2.

List of Rat Embryonic Stem Cell Lines That Were Derived and How They Have Been Characterized

Cell line strain Derivation conditions Morphology Sex Tg? OCT4 NANOG SOX2 Karyotype Tetraploid percentage
Embryo-derived Stem Cell LINES
1 F344 β-galactosidase transgenic >10 other lines derived in bFGF/LIF/15% FBS LIF/bFGF-S Flat, individual NO Y Y No Y    
Embryonic Stem Cell LINES
9 F344 wild-type 2i/LIF-SF Round colonies ND   Y Y Y    
11 F344 wild-type 2i/LIF-SF Round colonies M   Y Y Y    
12 F344 wild-type 2i/LIF-SF Round colonies ND   Y Y Y    
13 F344 wild-type 2i/LIF-SF Round colonies ND   Y Y Y    
38 F344 wild-type 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies M   Y Y Y    
39 F344 wild-type 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies F   Y Y Y    
40 F344 wild-type 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies F   Y Y Y    
2 F344 β-galactosidase transgenic 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies M Y Y Y Y Euploid 60%
3 F344 β-galactosidase transgenic 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies M Y Y Y Y Aneuploid 16%
4 F344 β-galactosidase transgenic 2i/LIF-SF Round colonies M Y Y Y Y    
32 F344 hPAP transgenic 2i/LIF-SF Round colonies M Y Y Y Y    
33 F344 hPAP transgenic 2i/LIF-SF Round colonies M Y Y Y Y    
34 F344 hPAP transgenic 2i/LIF-SF Round colonies F Y Y Y Y    
48 DA 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies M   Y Y Y Euploid 14%
49 DA 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies F   ND ND ND Euploid 18%
50 DA 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies F   Y Y Y Euploid 32%
51 DA 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies F   Y Y Y    
52 DA 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies M   Y Y Y    
53 DA 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies M   Y Y Y    
54 DA 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies M   Y Y Y Euploid 32%
55 DA 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies F   Y Y Y    
56 DA 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies F   Y Y Y    
57 DA 2i/LIF-FBS Round colonies M   Y Y Y    
58 SD 2i/LIF-SF Round colonies ND   ND ND ND    
60 SD 2i/LIF-SF Round colonies ND   ND ND ND    
Sublines Strain Notes
1.1 F344 β-galactosidase transgenic pCX
2.1 F344 β-galactosidase transgenic pCX
2.2 F344 β-galactosidase transgenic Neural
3.1 F344 β-galactosidase transgenic pN1
3.2 F344 β-galactosidase transgenic pCX
4.1 F344 β-galactosidase transgenic pN1
30 F344 β-galactosidase transgenic PE-like
48.1 DA pCX
53.1 DA pCX
54.1 DA pCX

LIF, leukemia inhibitory factor; F344, Fischer 344; Tg, transgenic; bFGF, basic fibroblast growth factor; DA, Dark Agouti; SD, Sprague-Dawley; 2i, 2 inhibitor.