Cell line · CVCL_2050
GOS-3
Cancer cell line, Homo sapiens. Glioblastoma. Cellosaurus records it as contaminated. 8 papers.
4 sourcescell-lines-2026-11-14-0.1.0
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ConductScience Library. GOS-3. Cell lines, record CVCL_2050. Release cell-lines-2026-11-14-0.1.0, 14 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/cell-lines/CVCL_2050
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Cell line
As Cellosaurus gives it.
- Name
- GOS-3
- Accession
- CVCL_2050
- RRID
- RRID:CVCL_2050
- Synonyms
- GOS 3, GOS3
- Species
- Homo sapiens (Human)
- Sex
- Male
- Age at sampling
- 54Y
- Category
- Cancer cell line
- Diseases
- Glioblastoma (NCIt C3058); Glioblastoma (ORDO Orphanet_360)
- Derived from
- Brain, temporal lobe (in situ)
- Parent
- U-343MGa (CVCL_4773)
- Entry created
- 2012-04-04
- Entry updated
- 2025-04-10
Source Cellosaurus
Problems1
| Problem | Cellosaurus's note |
|---|---|
| Contaminated | Shown to be a U-343MGa derivative (PubMed=22570425). Originally thought to originate from the brain of a 55 year old patient with a mixed astro-oligodendroglioma (grade II/III). |
Source Cellosaurus
Papers8
| Paper | Journal | Year | How we know | Retracted | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Next-generation characterization of the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia. | Nature | 2019 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| An Interactive Resource to Probe Genetic Diversity and Estimated Ancestry in Cancer Cell Lines. | Cancer Res | 2019 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| TCLP: an online cancer cell line catalogue integrating HLA type, predicted neo-epitopes, virus and gene expression. | Genome Med | 2015 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| A resource for cell line authentication, annotation and quality control. | Nature | 2015 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| DNA fingerprinting of glioma cell lines and considerations on similarity measurements. | Neuro Oncol | 2012 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| The Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia enables predictive modelling of anticancer drug sensitivity. | Nature | 2012 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| Brain tumors. | 1999 | Cellosaurus cites it | DOI | ||
| Growth inhibition of newly established human glioma cell lines by leukemia inhibitory factor. | J Neurooncol | 1998 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed |
Relatives1
| Relation | Cell line | Accession | Problem |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | U-343MGa | CVCL_4773 |
Source Cell lines
Cell banks1
| Cell bank | Catalog number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| DSMZ | ACC-408 |
Source DSMZ
Data dates
The date of each source this release read.
Sources 4
- CellosaurusCC BY 4.0, with credit to Cellosaurus (SIB)
- PubMed Central's articlesTitles shown only for CC0, CC BY and public domain articles
- NLM's PMC Article DatasetsCourtesy of NLM, which does not endorse this database
- PubMedNLM's terms
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Cellosaurus, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, https://www.cellosaurus.org, CC BY 4.0. Its problem notes are given in its own words.
For software
Read this cell line from software.
The record and each of its lists are JSON, twenty rows a page. No key.
GET https://conductscience.org/api/cell-lines/v1/CVCL_2050
GET https://conductscience.org/api/cell-lines/v1/CVCL_2050/problems