Description

SK-N-SH is a neuroblastoma cell line that displays epithelial morphology and grows in adherent culture. Treatment with all-trans-retinoic acid causes these cells to differentiate and adopt a neuronal phenotype, characterized by extensive neurite outgrowth. This makes them particularly useful for delineating signaling pathways involved in neuronal differentiation. In addition, the SK-N-SH cells are known to form tumors in immunocompromised mice.

Source

This cell line was established in 1970 from metastatic cells found in the bone marrow aspirate of a four-year-old female of unknown ethnicity.

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Licensing Information

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