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A continuous cell line, COLO 346, was established from a liver metastasis in a patient with adenocarcinoma of the gallbladder. COLO 346 grew as an adherent monolayer of pleomorphic epithelioid cells. COLO 346 cells produced esterone, but no estradiol, progesterone, or cortisol. No adrenocorticotropic hormone, β-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin, carcinoembryonic antigen, or α-fetoprotein production by the cells was detected. Cell doubling time was 36 h. Seven allelic isozymes were assayed. COLO 346 had a chromosome mode of 74 at 21 months postestablishment with 6 marker chromosomes present in 100% of the cells analyzed. COLO 346 has been in continuous culture for over 2 yr and is available to other investigators for their studies.
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This paper was presented in part at the 31 st Annual Meeting of the Tissue Culture Association, June 1–5, 1980. The work was supported by Grants CA15018 and CA29514 from the National Cancer Institute, and by the Mary B. and L. H. Marshall Fund.
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Morgan, R.T., Woods, L.K., Moore, G.E. et al. A human gallbladder adenocarcinoma cell line. In Vitro 17, 503–510 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02633511
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