Cell line · CVCL_0062

MDA-MB-231

Cancer cell line, Homo sapiens. Breast adenocarcinoma. 845 papers.

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ConductScience Library. MDA-MB-231. Cell lines, record CVCL_0062. Release cell-lines-2026-11-14-0.1.0, 14 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/cell-lines/CVCL_0062

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Name: MDA-MB-231
Accession: CVCL_0062
RRID: RRID:CVCL_0062
Synonyms: MDA_MB_231, MDA-MB 231, MDA.MB.231, MDA MB 231, MDA MB231, MDA Mb231, MDA-MB231, MDAMB-231, MDAMB231, MDA-231, MDA-231P, MDA231, MDA231-BRE, MB231, MD Anderson-Metastatic Breast-231
Species: Homo sapiens (Human)
Sex: Female
Age at sampling: 51Y
Category: Cancer cell line
Diseases: Breast adenocarcinoma (NCIt C5214)
Derived from: Pleural effusion (metastatic)
Entry created: 2012-04-04
Entry updated: 2026-06-25

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Papers845

3 more articles give this line's RRID in its Methods without naming the line nearby, so they are not listed.

Paper	Journal	Year	How we know	Source
Comprehensive characterization of the cellular and molecular consequences of LCN2 loss in MDA-MB-231 triple-negative breast cancer cells	Front Cell Dev Biol	2026	Its Methods give the RRID and name the line	PubMed
PubMed 43004984	Yale J Biol Med	2026	Its Methods give the RRID and name the line	PubMed
Genetically engineered RNA inducers of proximity for protein regulation.	Nat Commun	2026	Its Methods give the RRID and name the line	PubMed
Overcoming platinum resistance by the disulfiram metabolite CuET in novel preclinical models of human carcinomas.	Mol Oncol	2026	Its Methods give the RRID and name the line	PubMed
A Novel Bioengineering Approach to Breast Cancer Invasion In Vitro Through Enhancing the Value of Existing Breast Cancer Epithelial Lineages.	Cells	2026	Its Methods give the RRID and name the line	PubMed
Potent Antineoplastic Activity against Breast Cancer in Vitro and in Vivo of a Chloro-Substituted Polyaromatic Platinum(II) Complex and Its Platinum(IV) Prodrug.	ACS Omega	2026	Its Methods give the RRID and name the line	PubMed
Mitochondrial transfer between breast cancer cells promotes ROS-dependent proliferation.	bioRxiv	2026	Its Methods give the RRID and name the line	PubMed
Integrative Assessment of Teucrium Extracts: Phytochemical Profile, Nutritional-Mineral Composition, Biological Activities, and Toxicological Assessment In Vitro and In Vivo.	Chem Biodivers	2026	Its Methods give the RRID and name the line	PubMed
VCP-Regulated LMF2 Stabilizes the Cholesterol Biosynthesis Enzyme HMGCS1 to Drive Cancer Progression and Confer Capecitabine Resistance in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.	Adv Sci (Weinh)	2026	Its Methods give the RRID and name the line	PubMed
IL-1β/IL-6 inflammatory crosstalk drives DNA methylation and histone remodeling associated with cytokine induced senescence in luminal breast cancer.	Inflamm Res	2026	Its Methods give the RRID and name the line	PubMed

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Relatives109

Relation	Cell line	Accession	Source
Derived from it	2LMP	CVCL_EQ20	Cell lines
Derived from it	EDITGENE MDA-MB-231-Cas9	CVCL_F5QF	Cell lines
Derived from it	EDITGENE MDA-MB-231-CopGFP	CVCL_F6B9	Cell lines
Derived from it	EDITGENE MDA-MB-231-FLUC	CVCL_F5TM	Cell lines
Derived from it	Ecad-231-7	CVCL_A9BP	Cell lines
Derived from it	Ecad-231-9	CVCL_A9BQ	Cell lines
Derived from it	HyCyte MDA-MB-231 KO-hACE	CVCL_F1RL	Cell lines
Derived from it	HyCyte MDA-MB-231 KO-hARTN	CVCL_F1RM	Cell lines
Derived from it	HyCyte MDA-MB-231 KO-hBAD	CVCL_F1RN	Cell lines
Derived from it	HyCyte MDA-MB-231 KO-hCPB1	CVCL_F4F2	Cell lines

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Cell banks18

Cell bank	Catalog number	Source
ATCC	CRM-HTB-26	ATCC
ATCC	HTB-26	ATCC
AddexBio	C0006002/58	Cellosaurus
BCRC	60425	BCRC
BCRJ	0164	BCRJ
CCTCC	GDC0297	Cellosaurus
CLS	300275	CLS
DSMZ	ACC-732	DSMZ
ECACC	92020424	ECACC
EDITGENE	EDC00243	EDITGENE

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Data dates

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Cellosaurus: 2026-10-22; Cellosaurus
PubMed Central's articles: 2026-11-12; PubMed Central's articles
Our copy of PubMed: 2026-11-06; Our copy of PubMed

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