Description 

SK-RC-13 is a metastatic renal cancer cell line derived from the brain which grows in nude mice.

This is cell line is part of a collection of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cell lines derived from metastatic sites of patients who underwent surgery.

Source

This cell line was established from a 63-year-old male, of unknown ethnicity with renal cell carcinoma. 

All cell lines were established in Dr. Lloyd Old’s laboratory, from patients undergoing nephrectomy at Memorial Hospital, MSK, between the years 1972 and 1987. Fresh surgical specimens were obtained from Tumor Procurement Services, Department of Surgical Pathology, Memorial Hospital, MSK. 

Lead Inventor

Lloyd J. Old, MD, former William E. Snee Chair in Cancer Immunology, MSK; former Director, New York Branch, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, and members of the Old Laboratory 

Key References

• Brodaczewska K et al. (2016) Choosing the right cell line for renal cell cancer research. Molecular cancer, 15(1), 83. (PubMed ID: 27993170)

• Ebert T et al. (1990) Establishment and characterization of human renal cancer and normal kidney cell lines. Cancer research, 50(17), 5531-5536. (PubMed ID: 2386958)

• Ueda R et al. (1979) Cell surface antigens of human renal cancer defined by autologous typing. The journal of experimental medicine, 150(3), 564-579. (PubMed ID: 479762)

Licensing Information 

• Express License: For internal research purposes by a for-profit entity: Fill out MSK’s Core Express License; see here for links to the online fillable Core Express License, as well as a PDF version. For detailed guidance on how to fill out this webform, see here. Please note:  In order to streamline and expedite the licensing of select MSK cell lines, the terms of this non-exclusive license are non-negotiable. This license is only available for select cell lines, including this one. Once this license has been executed by MSK, you will receive a signed copy and payment instructions; all payments up to $10,000 must be made by credit card.
• Commercial License: Contact MSK’s Tangible Research Materials team at [email protected].
• For non-licensing requests from academic-research institutions: Contact MSK’s Antibody & Bioresource Core Facility at  [email protected]. 

Cellosaurus code:

• RRID: CVCL_6178