Cell Line: Capan-2
Cell description: Human adenocarcinoma, pancreas.
J. Fogh isolated this line in 1975 and characterized the progeny as indicated below.Patient Data: Age-56; Sex-Male; Race-Caucasian; Blood Type-B+.
Culture medium : Mc Coy´s 5a medium 90%; fetal bovine serum 10%.
Subculture routine: Split confluent cultures 1:3 to 1:6 using 0,25 % trypsin or trypsin/ EDTA
Grown as: Monolayer; transferred 1:3 weekly.
Morphology: Polygonal.
In Vitro Cytopathology: (P8) Adenocarcinoma.
Nude mouse: Produces well-differentiated adenocarcinoma consistent with pancreatic carcinoma.
Species: Confirmed as human by isoenzyme analysis.
Blood Group Antigen: Confirmed as B on cultured cells.ATCC designatio: HTB 80