Cell line · CVCL_UI87
OVCAR-5-CisR
Cancer cell line, Homo sapiens. High grade ovarian serous adenocarcinoma. Cellosaurus records it as possibly misclassified. 2 papers.
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Cite this record
ConductScience Library. OVCAR-5-CisR. Cell lines, record CVCL_UI87. Release cell-lines-2026-11-14-0.1.0, 14 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/cell-lines/CVCL_UI87
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Cell line
As Cellosaurus gives it.
- Name
- OVCAR-5-CisR
- Accession
- CVCL_UI87
- RRID
- RRID:CVCL_UI87
- Synonyms
- OVCAR5-CisR
- Species
- Homo sapiens (Human)
- Sex
- Female
- Age at sampling
- 67Y
- Category
- Cancer cell line
- Diseases
- High grade ovarian serous adenocarcinoma (NCIt C105555)
- Derived from
- Ascites (metastatic)
- Parent
- OVCAR-5 (CVCL_1628)
- Entry created
- 2019-02-25
- Entry updated
- 2025-04-10
Source Cellosaurus
Problems1
| Problem | Cellosaurus's note |
|---|---|
| Possibly misclassified | Parent cell line (OVCAR-5) was originally thought to be a high grade ovarian serous adenocarcinoma but suspected to have a upper gastrointestinal origin. |
Source Cellosaurus
Papers2
| Paper | Journal | Year | How we know | Retracted | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrated Genomic, Epigenomic, and Expression Analyses of Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines. | Cell Rep | 2018 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed | |
| Dual targeting of phosphoinositide 3-kinase and mammalian target of rapamycin using NVP-BEZ235 as a novel therapeutic approach in human ovarian carcinoma. | Clin Cancer Res | 2011 | Cellosaurus cites it | PubMed |
Relatives1
| Relation | Cell line | Accession | Problem |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | OVCAR-5 | CVCL_1628 | Has a recorded problem |
Source Cell lines
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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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- 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_UI87
GET https://conductscience.org/api/cell-lines/v1/CVCL_UI87/problems