GM17516
Fibroblast from Skin, Arm
Description:
COCKAYNE SYNDROME TYPE A - 216400
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Repository
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NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository
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| Subcollection |
Heritable Diseases |
| Class |
Disorders of Connective Tissue, Muscle, and Bone |
| Class |
Repair Defective and Chromosomal Instability Syndromes |
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Biopsy Source
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Arm
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Cell Type
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Fibroblast
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Tissue Type
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Skin
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Transformant
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Untransformed
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Sample Source
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Fibroblast from Skin, Arm
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Race
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East Indian
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Ethnicity
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PAKISTANI
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Family Member
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2
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Relation to Proband
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mother
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Confirmation
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Clinical summary/Case history
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Species
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Homo sapiens
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Common Name
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Human
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Remarks
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| Passage Frozen |
2 |
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| IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES OF ORIGIN |
Species of Origin Confirmed by Nucleoside Phosphorylase,Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase, and Lactate Dehydrogenase Isoenzyme Electrophoresis |
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| Remarks |
Clinically normal; skin biopsy taken from left upper arm; mother of a child with atypical Cockayne syndrome (GM17536 Fibroblast): 2 year old with severe microcephaly, developmental delay, brain calcifications, peripheral neuropathy, hyperactive reflexes, but no sun sensitivity, hearing loss, or cataracts; two other children died from similar disorder; proband not in Repository |
| Passage Frozen |
2 |
| Split Ratio |
1:4 |
| Temperature |
37 C |
| Percent CO2 |
5% |
| Medium |
Eagle's Minimum Essential Medium with Earle's salts and non-essential amino acids with 2mM L-glutamine or equivalent |
| Serum |
15% fetal bovine serum Not inactivated |
| Substrate |
None specified |
| Subcultivation Method |
trypsin-EDTA |
| Supplement |
- |
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