Cell line · CVCL_2789
KOSC-3
Cancer cell line, Homo sapiens. Gingival squamous cell carcinoma. Cellosaurus records it as contaminated. 2 papers.
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ConductScience Library. KOSC-3. Cell lines, record CVCL_2789. Release cell-lines-2026-11-14-0.1.0, 14 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/cell-lines/CVCL_2789
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Cell line
As Cellosaurus gives it.
- Name
- KOSC-3
- Accession
- CVCL_2789
- RRID
- RRID:CVCL_2789
- Synonyms
- KOSC3, Kobe university Oral Squamous Cell culture-3
- Species
- Homo sapiens (Human)
- Sex
- Male
- Age at sampling
- 43Y
- Category
- Cancer cell line
- Diseases
- Gingival squamous cell carcinoma (NCIt C129857); Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity (ORDO Orphanet_502363)
- Derived from
- Oral cavity, gingiva (in situ)
- Parent
- Ca9-22 (CVCL_1102)
- Entry created
- 2012-04-04
- Entry updated
- 2025-04-10
Source Cellosaurus
Problems1
| Problem | Cellosaurus's note |
|---|---|
| Contaminated | Shown to be a Ca9-22 derivative (PubMed=20143388). Originally thought to originate from a 72 year old female patient with a lower-gingiva squamous cell carcinoma. |
Source Cellosaurus
Papers2
| Paper | Journal | Year | How we know | Retracted | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Check your cultures! A list of cross-contaminated or misidentified cell lines. | Int J Cancer | 2010 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| Establishment of human oral-cancer cell lines (KOSC-2 and -3) carrying p53 and c-myc abnormalities by geneticin treatment. | Int J Cancer | 1994 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed |
Relatives1
| Relation | Cell line | Accession | Problem |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | Ca9-22 | CVCL_1102 | Has a recorded problem |
Source Cell lines
Cell banks2
| Cell bank | Catalog number | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| JCRB | JCRB0127 | JCRB | |
| JCRB | NIHS0166 | Discontinued | Cellosaurus |
Data dates
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- 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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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_2789
GET https://conductscience.org/api/cell-lines/v1/CVCL_2789/problems