Cell line · CVCL_XZ66
A-375 Human EGFR vIII
Cancer cell line, Homo sapiens. Amelanotic melanoma. Cellosaurus records it as misidentified. No papers.
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Cite this record
ConductScience Library. A-375 Human EGFR vIII. Cell lines, record CVCL_XZ66. Release cell-lines-2026-11-14-0.1.0, 14 Nov 2026. https://conductscience.org/library/cell-lines/CVCL_XZ66
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Cell line
As Cellosaurus gives it.
- Name
- A-375 Human EGFR vIII
- Accession
- CVCL_XZ66
- RRID
- RRID:CVCL_XZ66
- Synonyms
- A375-EGFRVIII, U87MG Human EGFR vIII
- Species
- Homo sapiens (Human)
- Sex
- Female
- Age at sampling
- 54Y
- Category
- Cancer cell line
- Diseases
- Amelanotic melanoma (NCIt C3802)
- Derived from
- Leg, skin (in situ)
- Parent
- A-375 (CVCL_0132)
- Entry created
- 2019-12-19
- Entry updated
- 2025-08-14
Source Cellosaurus
Problems1
| Problem | Cellosaurus's note |
|---|---|
| Misidentified | Was originally thought to originate from the U87MG cell line. STR profiling carried out at KYinno has shown it was derived from A-375. Be aware of this issue if you obtained this cell line before it was indicated as being derived from K-562. |
Source Cellosaurus
Papers0
2 more articles give this line's RRID in its Methods without naming the line nearby, so they are not listed.
None in this release.
Relatives1
| Relation | Cell line | Accession | Problem |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | A-375 | CVCL_0132 |
Source Cell lines
Cell banks1
| Cell bank | Catalog number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| KYinno | KC-1308 |
Source KYinno
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
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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_XZ66
GET https://conductscience.org/api/cell-lines/v1/CVCL_XZ66/problems