Cell line · CVCL_3934
COLO 38
Cancer cell line, Homo sapiens. Amelanotic melanoma. Cellosaurus records it as contaminated. 4 papers.
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ConductScience Library. COLO 38. Cell lines, record CVCL_3934. Release cell-lines-2026-11-14-0.1.0, 14 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/cell-lines/CVCL_3934
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Cell line
As Cellosaurus gives it.
- Name
- COLO 38
- Accession
- CVCL_3934
- RRID
- RRID:CVCL_3934
- Synonyms
- Colo-38, Colo 38, COLO #38, Colo38, COLO38, Colorado 38
- Species
- Homo sapiens (Human)
- Sex
- Male
- Age at sampling
- 33Y
- Category
- Cancer cell line
- Diseases
- Amelanotic melanoma (NCIt C3802)
- Derived from
- Right buttock, hypodermis (metastatic)
- Parent
- M14 (CVCL_1395)
- Entry created
- 2012-04-04
- Entry updated
- 2025-04-10
Source Cellosaurus
Problems1
| Problem | Cellosaurus's note |
|---|---|
| Contaminated | Shown to be a M14 derivative (ICLAC). Originally thought to originate from a 67 year old female patient with a melanoma. |
Source Cellosaurus
Papers4
| Paper | Journal | Year | How we know | Retracted | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDGFRα up-regulation mediated by sonic hedgehog pathway activation leads to BRAF inhibitor resistance in melanoma cells with BRAF mutation. | Oncotarget | 2014 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
Immune selection of hot-spot beta 2-microglobulin gene mutations, HLA-A2 allospecificity loss, and antigen-processing machinery component down-regulation in melanoma cells derived from recurrent metastases following immunotherapy. | J Immunol | 2005 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| In vitro immunization against human tumor cells with tumor cell fractions. | Cancer Res | 1977 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| Cytogenetic analysis of twelve human malignant melanoma cell lines. | 1977 | Cellosaurus cites it | DOI |
Relatives2
| Relation | Cell line | Accession | Problem | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | M14 | CVCL_1395 | Cell lines | |
| Derived from it | COLO 38R | CVCL_A1FC | Has a recorded problem | Cell lines |
Cell banks1
| Cell bank | Catalog number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| CLS | 300151 | Discontinued |
Source Cellosaurus
Data dates
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- 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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The record and each of its lists are JSON, twenty rows a page. No key.
GET https://conductscience.org/api/cell-lines/v1/CVCL_3934
GET https://conductscience.org/api/cell-lines/v1/CVCL_3934/problems