›› 2007, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (8): 834-839.

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Advances in establishment of insect cell lines

ZHANG Huan, ZHANG Yong-An, QIN Qi-Lian, WANG Yu-Zhu, QU Liang-Jian, LI Xuan, MIAO Lin, YIN Zhen-Xian, ZHANG Ai-Jun, WEN Fa-Yuan   

  1. (State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China)
  • Online:2007-09-10 Published:2007-09-10
  • Contact: QIN Qi-Lian

Abstract: More than 800 insect cell lines have been reported by now. Insect cell lines have become useful tools with a variety of applications in such research fields as insect pathology, parasitology, endocrinology, genetics, molecular biology, etc. This paper reviews the progresses in the technique of establishing insect cell lines in combination with our results and experiences gained in recent years, which include development of insect culture, establishment of insect cell lines, initiation of a cell line from different tissues, characterization and identification of new insect cell line.

Key words: Insect, cell culture, cell line, establishment