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Table 3 Characteristic of the cell lines

From: A study on volatile organic compounds emitted by in-vitro lung cancer cultured cells using gas sensor array and SPME-GCMS

Cell Lines

Oncogene

Histology

Patient Type

Tissue Type

Growth Medium

A549

K-Ras mutation

Adeno-carcinoma

Male, 58 years Caucasian

Lung (epithelial cell)

DMEM

Calu-3

EGFR, K-Ras, TP53 and CDKNA genes mutation

Adeno-carcinoma

Male, 25 years, Caucasian

Lung (epithelial cell) from pleural effusion

EMEM

MCF-7

WNT7B mutation

Adeno-carcinoma

Female, 68 years

Mammary gland (epithelial cell) from pleural effusion

DMEM

WI38VA13

-

Normal cell

Female,Caucasian,3 months

Lung (Fibroblast)

DMEM