Cell line · CVCL_0445
MeWo
Cancer cell line, Homo sapiens. Cutaneous melanoma. 64 papers.
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ConductScience Library. MeWo. Cell lines, record CVCL_0445. Release cell-lines-2026-11-14-0.1.0, 14 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/cell-lines/CVCL_0445
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Cell line
As Cellosaurus gives it.
- Name
- MeWo
- Accession
- CVCL_0445
- RRID
- RRID:CVCL_0445
- Synonyms
- MEWO, Mewo, Me Wo, Me-Wo, Mevo, SK-MEL-MeWo, Mel-MeWo, BI-Mel, EST50
- Species
- Homo sapiens (Human)
- Sex
- Male
- Age at sampling
- 78Y
- Category
- Cancer cell line
- Diseases
- Cutaneous melanoma (NCIt C3510)
- Derived from
- Lymph node (metastatic)
- Entry created
- 2012-04-04
- Entry updated
- 2025-04-10
Source Cellosaurus
Problems0
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Papers64
| Paper | Journal | Year | How we know | Retracted | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss of AMBRA1 activates MAPK and angiogenesis signaling pathways in melanoma cells. | FEBS Open Bio | 2026 | Its Methods give the RRID and name the line | PubMed | |
| Out-of-frame CBX3::ALK fusion drives ALK activation and therapy response. | Cell Rep Med | 2026 | Its Methods give the RRID and name the line | PubMed | |
| Thrombomodulin facilitates melanoma progression via FAK- and ezrin-mediated phenotypic plasticity. | J Biomed Sci | 2026 | Its Methods give the RRID and name the line | PubMed | |
| Tissue-dependent mechanosensing by cells derived from human tumors. | NPJ Biol Phys Mech | 2025 | Its Methods give the RRID and name the line | PubMed | |
| Elevated Transglutaminase-2 in SOX10-Deficient Melanoma Promotes Tumor Onset and Decreases Intratumoral CD4+ T Cells. | Cancer Res | 2025 | Its Methods give the RRID and name the line | PubMed | |
| NF1 Loss Promotes EGFR Activation and Confers Sensitivity to EGFR Inhibition in NF1-Mutant Melanoma. | Cancer Res | 2025 | Its Methods give the RRID and name the line | PubMed | |
| Single-Cell Transcriptomic Landscape Deciphers Intratumoral Heterogeneity and Subtypes of Acral and Mucosal Melanomas. | Clin Cancer Res | 2025 | Its Methods give the RRID and name the line | PubMed | |
| RAC1-Amplified and RAC1-A159V Hotspot-Mutated Head and Neck Cancer Sensitive to the Rac Inhibitor EHop-016 In Vivo: A Proof-of-Concept Study. | Cancers (Basel) | 2025 | Its Methods give the RRID and name the line | PubMed | |
| SIAH3 is frequently epigenetically silenced in cancer and regulates mitochondrial metabolism. | Int J Cancer | 2025 | Its Methods give the RRID and name the line | PubMed | |
| PRRX1 silencing is required for metastatic outgrowth in melanoma and is an independent prognostic of reduced survival in patients. | Mol Oncol | 2024 | Its Methods give the RRID and name the line | PubMed |
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See all 64 papersRelatives11
| Relation | Cell line | Accession | Problem | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derived from it | MeWo CIS 0.01 | CVCL_AZ60 | Cell lines | |
| Derived from it | MeWo CIS 1 | CVCL_AZ74 | Cell lines | |
| Derived from it | MeWo ETO 0.1 | CVCL_AZ61 | Cell lines | |
| Derived from it | MeWo ETO 1 | CVCL_AZ62 | Cell lines | |
| Derived from it | MeWo FOTE 4 | CVCL_AZ75 | Cell lines | |
| Derived from it | MeWo FOTE 40 | CVCL_AZ76 | Cell lines | |
| Derived from it | MeWo LNI 6I | CVCL_Y663 | Cell lines | |
| Derived from it | MeWo VIN 0.5 | CVCL_AZ63 | Cell lines | |
| Derived from it | MeWo VIN 5 | CVCL_AZ77 | Cell lines | |
| Derived from it | MeWo-LC1 | CVCL_U937 | Cell lines |
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See all 11 relativesCell banks7
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