S180 is a
murine
The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. Members of this subfamily are called murines. In terms of species richness, this subfamily is larger than all mammal families ex ...
Sarcoma
A sarcoma is a malignant tumor, a type of cancer that arises from transformed cells of mesenchymal ( connective tissue) origin. Connective tissue is a broad term that includes bone, cartilage, fat, vascular, or hematopoietic tissues, and sar ...
cancer
cell line. It has been commonly used in cancer research due to its rapid growth and proliferation in mice. The cell line was initially harvested from a soft tissue tumor in a Swiss mouse.
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Cellosaurus entry for S180
Rodent cell lines
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