Review Article

Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of MCF10DCIS and SUM Breast Cancer Cell Lines

Table 6

Protein expression of cytokeratins and CD49f/EPCAM in SUM cells.

Cell lines CK5 (KRT5) CK14 (KRT14) CK8-18 CK19 (KRT19) CD49f (ITGA6) CD146 (MCAM) EpCAM (TACSTD1)
IHCIHCIHCIHCIHCFACS (s/n)aFACS (s/n)a

Normal like

SUM1315MO2+ nd nd+20–200<5
SUM159PT+++20–200<5
SUM102PT nd nd nd nd520<5

Basal

SUM149PT+++++++++++20–20020–200
SUM229PE++++++++++20–20020–200

Luminal

SUM44PE nd+++++++ nd nd
SUM185PE+++++++++++ nd nd

Source: [35, 77].