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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 17.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Protoc Pharmacol. 2013 Oct 8;62:Unit–14.27.. doi: 10.1002/0471141755.ph1427s62

Table 14.27.1.

Generation of Lung Orthotopic Tumors Using NSCLC Cell Lines

Cell line Lung disease Cell numbera Days to morbidityb Commercial source References
NCI-H1299c Carcinoma 0.1–1 × 106 32–90 ATCC Onn et al. (2003); V.J. and A.P.F. (unpub. observ.)
A549c Carcinoma 1–3 × 106 50–64 ATCC Mordant et al. (2011); Madero-Visbal et al. (2012); V.J. and A.P.F. (unpub. observ.)
NCI-H358c Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma 0.5–1 × 106 42–80 ATCC Onn et al. (2003)
NCI-H1703 Adenocarcinoma 1 × 106 <90 ATCC V.J. and A.P.F. (unpub. observ.)
NCI-H441 Adenocarcinoma 1 × 106 55 ATCC Takahashi et al. (2012)
NCI-H460 Large cell carcinoma 0.5–1 × 106 19–90 ATCC Jin (2004); Takahashi et al. (2012)
NCI-H226 Squamous cell carcinoma 1.5–2 × 106 63–120 ATCC Onn et al. (2003)
CMT 167c Carcinoma from mouse 1 × 103 35 Sigma Justilien et al. (2012)
Lewis lung carcinomac Carcinoma from mouse 1 × 103 21 Life Technologies (Invitrogen) Doki et al. (1999); V.J. and A.P.F. (unpub. observ.)
a

Number of cells implanted to produce reproducible tumors.

b

Time in days after injection to mice showing signs of morbidity.

c

Metastasis to ipsilateral and contralateral lobes of the lung and the mediastinal lymph nodes.