h1RPE7

An immortalized retinal pigment epithelial cell line

STR-PCR Data:
Amelogenin: X
CSF1PO: 10,13
D13S317: 12
D16S539: 12
D5S818: 9,13
D7S820: 9,10
THO1: 7,9.3
TPOX: 8
vWA: 16,19

The h1RPE7 cell line was derived from primary human retinal pigment epithelial cells obtained from a 50-year-old female Caucasian donor. The primary culture was transfected with a construct encoding SV40 large T antigen that was deleted for the small t antigen along with puromycin resistance gene.

Hams F10 + 20% Heat-inactivated FCS + 2 mM Glutamine + selection antibiotic 1μg/ml puromycin.

Split sub-confluent cultures (70-80%) 1:4 to 1:10 , i.e., seeding at 3 x 10,000 cells/cm² using 0.05% trypsin or trypsin/EDTA; 5% CO₂; 37 °C. Population doubling approx 24hrs.

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This cell line is part of the European Collection of Authenticated Cell Cultures (ECACC), an international repository managed by the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA). Use of this product by commercial organizations may require a license agreement. Commercial customers will be contacted by cellscreening@merckgroup.com to provide further information after the order request is submitted. Any other use of these products is prohibited without the express written permission of UKHSA. Inquiries regarding authorized use of this cell line or its genomic DNA may be directed to culturecollections@ukhsa.gov.uk.

This cell line has special release conditions: Commercial organisations are required to complete the ′Cell Line Release Authorisation for Research Use in Commercial Organisations′ release conditions form.