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The cell line expresses three surfactant associated proteins (SP-A constitutively, and SP-B and SP-C after dexamethasone induction).
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Gazdar AF, et al. Peripheral airway cell differentiation in human lung cancer cell lines. Cancer Res. 50: 5481-5487, 1990. PubMed: 2386953
The NCI-H820 cell line was derived by A.F. Gazdar and H. Oie in 1984 from the lymph node of a patient with papillary adenocarcinoma of the lung taken prior to treatment.
The cells form typical papillary adenomas.
