Cell line · CVCL_8442
MOBS-1
Cancer cell line, Homo sapiens. Adult acute monocytic leukemia. Cellosaurus records it as contaminated. 4 papers.
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ConductScience Library. MOBS-1. Cell lines, record CVCL_8442. Release cell-lines-2026-11-14-0.1.0, 14 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/cell-lines/CVCL_8442
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Cell line
As Cellosaurus gives it.
- Name
- MOBS-1
- Accession
- CVCL_8442
- RRID
- RRID:CVCL_8442
- Species
- Homo sapiens (Human)
- Sex
- Male
- Age at sampling
- 37Y
- Category
- Cancer cell line
- Diseases
- Adult acute monocytic leukemia (NCIt C8263); Acute monoblastic/monocytic leukemia (ORDO Orphanet_514)
- Derived from
- Pleural effusion (in situ)
- Parent
- U-937 (CVCL_0007)
- Entry created
- 2012-04-04
- Entry updated
- 2025-04-10
Source Cellosaurus
Problems1
| Problem | Cellosaurus's note |
|---|---|
| Contaminated | Shown to be a U-937 derivative (PubMed=12592342; PubMed=20143388). Originally thought to originate from the peripheral blood of a 57 year old male patient with monocytic leukemia (M5b). |
Source Cellosaurus
Papers4
| 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 | |
| False leukemia-lymphoma cell lines: an update on over 500 cell lines. | Leukemia | 2003 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
Tandem duplication of the FLT3 gene is found in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia as well as acute myeloid leukaemia but not in myelodysplastic syndrome or juvenile chronic myelogenous leukaemia in children. | Br J Haematol | 1999 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| Establishment of a novel human macrophage-like cell line, MABS-1, derived from a human monocytic leukemia cell line, MOBS-1. | 1997 | Cellosaurus cites it | DOI |
Relatives2
| Relation | Cell line | Accession | Problem | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | U-937 | CVCL_0007 | Has a recorded problem | Cell lines |
| Derived from it | MABS-1 | CVCL_RX32 | Has a recorded problem | Cell lines |
Cell banks0
None in this release.
Data dates
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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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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_8442
GET https://conductscience.org/api/cell-lines/v1/CVCL_8442/problems