ESTABLISHMENT AND PROPERTY OF THE β-HCG PRODUCING HUMAN TESTICULAR GERM CELL TUMOR CELL LINE (NUT)

Abstract

A new transplantable human testicular cell line (NUT) was established. The original material of NUT was metastatic lymph node, predominantly containing components of embryonal carcinoma. NUT produced the β-HCG, not the native HCG. The chromosomal analysis revealed a hypotriploid with 63 modal number and loss of Y chromosome.