Cell line · CVCL_4518
ECTC
Spontaneously immortalized cell line, Chlorocebus sabaeus. Cellosaurus records it as misidentified/contaminated. 2 papers.
4 sourcescell-lines-2026-11-14-0.1.0
Cite this record
ConductScience Library. ECTC. Cell lines, record CVCL_4518. Release cell-lines-2026-11-14-0.1.0, 14 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/cell-lines/CVCL_4518
On this page
Cell line
As Cellosaurus gives it.
- Name
- ECTC
- Accession
- CVCL_4518
- RRID
- RRID:CVCL_4518
- Synonyms
- Embryonic Calf Thyroid Cell
- Species
- Chlorocebus sabaeus (Green monkey)
- Sex
- Female
- Age at sampling
- Adult
- Category
- Spontaneously immortalized cell line
- Derived from
- Kidney, epithelium (in situ)
- Cell type
- Epithelial cell of kidney
- Parent
- Vero (CVCL_0059)
- Entry created
- 2012-04-04
- Entry updated
- 2025-04-10
Source Cellosaurus
Problems1
| Problem | Cellosaurus's note |
|---|---|
| Misidentified/contaminated | Originally thought to be of bovine origin but found to be a monkey Vero derivative (PubMed=14505435; PubMed=20143388). |
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 | |
| Molecular detection of cell line cross-contaminations using amplified fragment length polymorphism DNA fingerprinting technology. | In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim | 2003 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed |
Relatives1
| Relation | Cell line | Accession | Problem |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | Vero | CVCL_0059 |
Source Cell lines
Cell banks1
| Cell bank | Catalog number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| IZSLER | BS CL 96 |
Source Cellosaurus
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
Each source's terms
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- PubMed Central's articlesEach article's own license. Its words show only under CC0, CC BY or public domain
- NLM's PMC Article DatasetsNLM's PMC Article Datasets on AWS, https://registry.opendata.aws/ncbi-pmc. Its terms: users "acknowledge NLM as the source of the data in a clear and conspicuous manner", do not use the PubMed Central wordmark or the PMC logo, do not "indicate or imply that NLM/NIH/HHS has endorsed" a product, and "only distribute data that are licensed for redistribution". Each article keeps its own license: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/about/copyright/
- PubMedNLM's terms
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_4518
GET https://conductscience.org/api/cell-lines/v1/CVCL_4518/problems