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. 2013 Sep 16;2(9):e71. doi: 10.1038/oncsis.2013.35

Table 1. Colon cancer cell line origins.

Cell line Patient Organ Disease Stage Derived from Reference
Caco-2   Colon Colorectal carcinoma     Caro et al.41
CO-115 77-Year-old female Colon ascendens Colorectal adenocarcinoma Dukes' C Primary tumor Carrel et al.57
COLO 320 55-Year-old female Colon sigmoid Colorectal adenocarcinoma   Primary tumor Quinn et al.58
DLD-1 Male Colon Colorectal adenocarcinoma   HCT-15/DLD-1 misclassified Chen et al.18 and Dexter et al.59
EB   Colon Colonic carcinoma   Primary tumor Brattain et al.60, 61
FRI   Colon Colonic carcinoma   Primary tumor Brattain et al.61 and Chantret et al.61, 62
HCT-15 Male Colon Colorectal adenocarcinoma   HCT-15/DLD-1 misclassified Chen et al.,18 Tibbets et al.63 and Dexter et al.64
HCT-116 48-Year-old male Colon ascendens Colorectal carcinoma Dukes' D Primary tumor Brattain et al.61, 65 and Eshleman et al.66
HT-29 44-Year-old female Colon Colorectal adenocarcinoma Dukes' C Primary tumor Fogh67
IS1   Colon ascendens Colon cancer Dukes' C Primary tumor Cajot et al.68
IS3   Colon Colon cancer Dukes' C Peritoneal metastasis Cajot et al.68
LoVo 56-Year-old male Colon Colorectal adenocarcinoma Dukes' C Left supraclavicular region Drewinko et al.69
LS1034 54-Year-old male Cecum Cecal carcinoma Dukes' C Primary tumor Suardet et al.70
LS-174T 58-Year-old female Colon Colorectal adenocarcinoma   Subcultured LS 180 Tom et al.71
NCI-H508 55-Year-old male Cecum Colorectal adenocarcinoma   Abdominal wall metastasis Park et al.72
RKO   Colon Colonic carcinoma   Primary tumor Brattain et al.60, 61
SW1116 73-Year-old male Colon Colorectal adenocarcinoma Dukes' A   Leibovitz et al.73
SW48 83-Year-old female Colon Colorectal adenocarcinoma Dukes' C   Leibovitz et al.73
SW480 50-Year-old male Colon Colorectal adenocarcinoma Dukes' B Primary tumor Leibovitz et al.73
SW620 51-Year-old male Colon Colorectal adenocarcinoma Dukes' C Lymph node metastasis Leibovitz et al.73
SW948 81-Year-old female Colon Colorectal adenocarcinoma Dukes' C   Leibovitz et al.73
TC71 Clinical history of HNPCC Colon sigmoid Colorectal tumour Dukes' B Primary tumor Bras-Goncalves et al.34
V9P 67-Year-old male Colon rectum Colorectal carcinoma Dukes' D Primary tumor McBain et al.74
WiDr   Colon Colorectal adenocarcinoma   HT-29, misclassified Fogh67

Abbreviation: HNPCC, hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer.

All data on cell line origins was retrieved from the original papers describing the cell lines.