Table 1 Summary of commonly used pancreatic cancer cell lines.

From: A novel multidrug-resistant cell line from a Chinese patient with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Cell line

Ethnic

Age

Sex

Derived from site

Degree of differentiation

Xenograft formation

Report time

MIA PaCa-2

Caucasian

65

Male

Body and tail

Undifferentiated

Yes

197714

AsPC-1

Caucasian

62

Female

Ascites*

Moderately-differentiated

Yes

198115

PANC-1

Caucasian

56

Male

Head

Undifferentiated carcinoma

Yes

197516

SW1990

Caucasian

56

Male

Tail

Grade II adenocarcinomas

Yes

198317

BxPC-3

Caucasian

61

Female

Body

Moderately-well differentiated

Yes

198618

  1. *The primary lesion is adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas.