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169,026 cell lines from Cellosaurus.

169,026 cell lines

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Cell lineSpeciesProblem Cellosaurus recordsPapers
TC-32

CVCL_7151

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

36
BHK-21 clone 13

CVCL_1915

Mesocricetus auratus (Golden hamster)

Spontaneously immortalized cell line

35
COLO 320

CVCL_1989

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

35
Ca9-22

CVCL_1102

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

Partially contaminated35
HLF

CVCL_2947

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

35
HPB-ALL

CVCL_1820

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

35
MC116

CVCL_1399

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

35
MDA-MB-415

CVCL_0621

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

35
NCI-H2452

CVCL_1553

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

35
NCI-H295R

CVCL_0458

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

35
OS-RC-2

CVCL_1626

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

35
Rh41

CVCL_2176

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

35
SBC-5

CVCL_1679

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

35
SEM

CVCL_0095

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

35
SN12C

CVCL_1705

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

35
TYK-nu

CVCL_1776

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

35
UMNSAH/DF-1

CVCL_0570

Gallus gallus (Chicken)

Spontaneously immortalized cell line

35
CHP-134

CVCL_1124

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

34
DMS 53

CVCL_1177

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

34
GI-ME-N

CVCL_1232

Homo sapiens (Human)

Cancer cell line

34

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A cell line's RRID or Cellosaurus accession, such as RRID:CVCL_0030 or CVCL_0030; its name, a synonym or a misspelling Cellosaurus records; or words in its names, diseases, site or cell type. Case and punctuation do not matter. Each word matches the words that start with it.

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        "id": "CVCL_7151",
        "title": "TC-32",
        "name": "TC-32",
        "summary": "Cancer cell line, Homo sapiens. Primitive neuroectodermal tumor. 36 papers.",
        "record": "/library/cell-lines/CVCL_7151",
        "species": "Homo sapiens (Human)",
        "category": "Cancer cell line",
        "problem": null,
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      {
        "id": "CVCL_1915",
        "title": "BHK-21 clone 13",
        "name": "BHK-21 clone 13",
        "summary": "Spontaneously immortalized cell line, Mesocricetus auratus. 35 papers.",
        "record": "/library/cell-lines/CVCL_1915",
        "species": "Mesocricetus auratus (Golden hamster)",
        "category": "Spontaneously immortalized cell line",
        "problem": null,
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          "collections": 19
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      "short": "CC BY 4.0, with credit to Cellosaurus (SIB)",
      "notice": "Cellosaurus, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, https://www.cellosaurus.org, CC BY 4.0. Its problem notes are given in its own words."
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      "source": "PubMed Central's articles",
      "license": "Each article's own license. Its words show only under CC0, CC BY or public domain",
      "short": "Titles shown only for CC0, CC BY and public domain articles",
      "notice": null
    },
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      "short": "Courtesy of NLM, which does not endorse this database",
      "notice": null
    },
    {
      "source": "PubMed",
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  "next": "/api/cell-lines/v1?page=24",
  "request_id": "xGceGtZM7PXchC56"
}

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169,026 cell lines
From Cellosaurus. Counted 14 Nov 2026.
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14 Nov 2026
cell-lines-2026-11-14-0.1.0
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RRID links passed automated checks: 99.99% of the RRIDs in PubMed Central Methods name a Cellosaurus line, and 92% of those give the line's name nearby
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  • 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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  • CellosaurusCC BY 4.0. Cellosaurus's README: "we have chosen to apply the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license to Cellosaurus (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This means that you are free to copy and redistribute Cellosaurus in any medium or format. You can remix, transform, and build upon Cellosaurus for any purpose, even commercially. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made." Copyright (c) CALIPHO group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. Read on 14 Nov 2026 at https://ftp.expasy.org/databases/cellosaurus/README
  • 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.

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Drugs and targets

Open Targets

One drug with its targets, the diseases it is studied for, and the trials that name it, with their comparisons, papers and cognitive tests.

Diseases

Open Targets

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Companies

ClinicalTrials.gov

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