Cell line · CVCL_D240
LiM6
Cancer cell line, Homo sapiens. Colon adenocarcinoma. 3 papers.
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ConductScience Library. LiM6. Cell lines, record CVCL_D240. Release cell-lines-2026-11-14-0.1.0, 14 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/cell-lines/CVCL_D240
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Cell line
As Cellosaurus gives it.
- Name
- LiM6
- Accession
- CVCL_D240
- RRID
- RRID:CVCL_D240
- Synonyms
- LIM6, LiM-6, LS-LiM6, Ls-LiM6, LS LiM 6, LS LiM6, LSLiM6
- Species
- Homo sapiens (Human)
- Sex
- Female
- Age at sampling
- 58Y
- Category
- Cancer cell line
- Diseases
- Colon adenocarcinoma (NCIt C4349)
- Derived from
- Colon (in situ)
- Cell type
- Epithelial cell of colon
- Parent
- LS174T (CVCL_1384)
- Entry created
- 2012-10-22
- Entry updated
- 2024-12-19
Source Cellosaurus
Problems0
Cellosaurus records no problem for this cell line.
None in this release.
Papers3
| Paper | Journal | Year | How we know | Retracted | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cell-surface galectin-3 confers resistance to TRAIL by impeding trafficking of death receptors in metastatic colon adenocarcinoma cells. | Cell Death Differ | 2012 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| Mucin production by human colonic carcinoma cells correlates with their metastatic potential in animal models of colon cancer metastasis. | J Clin Invest | 1991 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| A new animal model for human colon cancer metastasis. | Int J Cancer | 1987 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed |
Relatives2
| Relation | Cell line | Accession | Problem | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | LS174T | CVCL_1384 | Cell lines | |
| Derived from it | LIM6-TR | CVCL_B6NT | Cell lines |
Cell banks0
None in this release.
Data dates
The date of each source this release read.
Sources 4
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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
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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_D240
GET https://conductscience.org/api/cell-lines/v1/CVCL_D240/problems