PC12 is a cell line derived from a pheochromocytoma of the rat adrenal medulla. PC12 cells stop dividing and terminally differentiate when treated with nerve growth factor. This makes PC12 cells useful as a model system for neuronal differentiation.

See also

  • Cell culture
  • Adrenal medulla
  • Cellular differentiation

References

  1. ^ Greene LA, Tischler AS (July 1976). "Establishment of a noradrenergic clonal line of rat adrenal pheochromocytoma cells which respond to nerve growth factor". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 73 (7): 2424–8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.73.7.2424 . PMID 1065897.  
  2. ^ "PC-12/CRL-1721 cell line". LGC Promochem: Cell Biology Collection . American Type Culture Collection . http://www.lgcpromochem-atcc.com/common/catalog/numSearch/numResults.cfm?atccNum=CRL-1721 . Retrieved 2008-08-15 .  
  3. ^ Center for Cancer Education

External links

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