Resources for Cell Biology

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• Cell Collections, Cell Culture Systems, and Cell Health Detection Kits
• Cancer Resources 
• Cancer and Normal Cell Lines by Tissue Type
• Cell Authentication Matters
• Drug Discovery 
• Enteric Disease Research Materials
• Immunological Research Tools
• iPSC Research Resources
• Neurobiology Research Tools 
• Respiratory Disease
• Screening Tools   
• STR Profiling Analysis
• Toxicology Tools 
• Transfection Tools
• Women’s Health Research Tools
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Cell Culture Guides

• Animal Cell Culture Guide — tips and techniques for continuous cell lines (1.07 MB/.pdf)
• Cryopreservation Technical Manual (404KB/.pdf)
• hTERT Immortalized Cell Culture Guide — tips and techniques for culturing hTERT immortalized cells (1.06 MB/.pdf)
• Primary Cell Culture Guide — tips and techniques for culturing primary cells (784 KB/.pdf)
• Stem Cell Culture Guide — tips and techniques for culturing stem cells (2.36 MB/.pdf)

Cell Biology Brochures

• Angiogenesis Resources (972KB/.pdf)
• ATCC High-Performance Media and Sera Brochure (739 kb/.pdf)
• Assuring Pluripotency in ATCC iPSCs (644 KB/.pdf) 
• Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (316 KB/.pdf)
• Brain Tumor Cell Lines (657 KB/.pdf)
• Breast Cancer Resource Book (988 KB/.pdf)
• Breast and Gynecological Tumor Cell Lines (335 KB/.pdf)
• Cell Line Authentication Test Recommendations (483KB/.pdf)
• Cell Lines by Gene Mutation Brochure (1.68 MB/.pdf)
• Certified Reference Material (300 KB/.pdf)
• Complete Cell Culturing Solutions for iPSCs (348KB MB/.pdf) 
• CoolCell^® LX Alcohol-Free Cryopreservation Containers (463KB/.pdf)
• Gastrointestinal Tumor Cell Lines (344 KB/.pdf)
• Genetic Alteration Panels Brochure (1.8 MB/.pdf)
  
• Genitourinary Tumor Cell Lines (783 KB/.pdf)
• Genomic DNA from Human Cell Lines (256 KB/.pdf)
  
• hTERT Immortalized Cell Lines (263 KB/.pdf)
  
• hTERT Immortalized Renal Proximal Tubule Epithelial Cells (388 KB/.pdf)
  
• Hybridomas by Antigenic Determinant (804 KB/.pdf)
  
• Lung Tumor Cell Lines (808 KB/.pdf)
• Neural Progenitor Cells (308KB/.pdf) 
• Neurobiology Research Tools (308KB/.pdf) 
• p53 Hotspot Mutation Cell Panels Brochure (1.85 MB/.pdf)
• Primary Cardiovascular Cells (272 KB/.pdf)
• Primary Cell Solutions Brochure (1.42 MB/.pdf)
• Primary Cell Solutions Collection (686 KB/.pdf) 
• Primary Human Dermatological Cells (288 KB/.pdf) 
• Primary Human Immune Cells (275 KB/.pdf) 
• Primary Human Respiratory Cells (275 KB/.pdf) 
• Purified Cell Line Genomic DNA (268 KB/.pdf) 
• Stem Cell Solutions Brochure (279KB/.pdf)
  
• Transfection reagents for nucleic acid transfer into ATCC cells (300KB/.pdf) New!
• Tumor/Normal Matched Cell Line Pairs (362 KB/.pdf)
• Tumor Cell Panels Brochure (2 MB/.pdf)

Application Notes

• 3T3-L3 Cells — 3T3-L1 cells lose contact inhibition and adipogenic potential when maintained in cult ure at confluence. (972KB/.pdf)
• CellMatrix Basement Membrane Gel — CellMatrix Basement Membrane Gel supports in vitro angiogenesis assays. (980KB/.pdf)
• Differentiation and expansion of hematopoietic precursor cells from bone-marrow derived CD34+ progenitors — (512KB/.pdf)
• Human Bronchial/Tracheal Epithelial Cells  — This study will test the ability of primary human bronchial/tracheal epithelial cells (HBECs) to differentiate into mature airway tissue using an Air-Liquid Culture Interface (ALI) model. (530KB/.pdf)
• htert-immortalized and Primary Keratinocytes Differentiate into Epidermal Structures in 3d Organotypic Culture (500KB/.pdf) New!
• In vitro angiogenesis assay using the ATCC^® Angio-Ready™ System (4.5MB/.pdf)
• In vitro differentiation of macrophages and dendritic cells from primary human CD14+ monocytes (510KB/.pdf)
• Telomerase-immortalized microvascular endothelial (TIME) Cells — Growth rate and endothelial character are better maintained in ATCC^® VCBM -VEGF medium. (968KB/.pdf)
• Tips for successful sub-culturing: Dissociation Method — Tailoring your dissociation method to your cell line. (523KB/.pdf)
• Universal Mycoplasma Detection Kit — check your cultures for mycoplasma contamination. (972KB/.pdf)

Online Video Resources

• ATCC Excellence in Research Recorded Webinars — Each webinar features highly experienced Scientists who demonstrates how to utilize ATCC products and services to advance your research!
• CORNING® Webinars — Free online cell culture and assay training

Published Articles

• The Scientist — Sharing Made Easy
• GEN —  Safeguarding Biological Material
• Drug Discovery News — Working together to eradicate cell line misidentification and contamination: New practices and policy

Technical Bulletins and Culture Tips

• How to Revive Cultures
• CORNING®   Technical Articles and Protocols
• Technical Bulletin No. 3: Cryogenic Preservation of Animal Cells (50.2KB/.pdf)
• Technical Bulletin No. 4: Guide to Subculturing Cell Line Monolayers (47.8KB/.pdf)
• Technical Bulletin No. 7: Passage Number Effects In Cell Lines (220KB/.pdf)
• Technical Bulletin No. 8: Cell Line Authentication Test Recommendations (483KB/.pdf)
• Technical Bulletin No. 9: Chemically-induced Differentiation of ATCC^® CL-173™ (3T3-L1) Using Single Component Commercially Available Reagents  ((61KB/.pdf)
• Technical Bulletin No. 10: Lymphocyte Transformation Using ATCC^® VR-1492™ (241KB/.pdf)

Cell Authentication

• Cell Authentication — STR Essentials
• Cell Lines Misidentification: the beginning of the end
• Cryogenic Preservation of Animal Cells (50.2KB/.pdf)
• Guide to Subculturing Cell Line Monolayers (47.8KB/.pdf)
• Guidelines for Testing and Publishing (47.8KB/.pdf)
• Misidentified Cell lines
• Mycoplasma Detection (585 KB/.pdf)
• Passage Number Effects In Cell lines (377KB/.pdf)
• STR Profiling (471 KB/.pdf)
• The Costs of Using Unauthenticated, Over-Passaged Cells (391 KB/.pdf)
• Titered Mycoplasma Strains Panel  (906KB/.pdf)

Cell Culture Media and Kits

• Comparison of the MTT and XTT Cell Proliferation Assay Kits (561KB/.pdf)
• Primary Cell Culture Media, Growth Kits and Reagents
• Stem Cell Culture Reagents and Media

References and Additional Publications

• Selected References Regarding Cell Culturing (662KB/.pdf)
• Newsletters 

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