Diseased Ascites
Ascites Fluid is a watery fluid containing albumin, glucose, and electrolytes that accumulate in the peritoneal cavity in association with various diseases. The fluid occurs as leakage from the veins and lymphatics into extra-vascular spaces. The cellular fraction in ascites is complex and can include multiple cell types (e.g. tumor cells, immune cells, mesothelial cells) as well as both single cells and aggregate cells. When ascites is due to cancer it is often called malignant ascites of malignant peritoneal effusion. Ascites develops most often with ovarian, uterine, cervical, colorectal, stomach, pancreatic, breast and liver cancers.
Cancer Disease Types Available: Ovarian Cancer, Liver Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Breast Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Lung Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer, Colon Cancer
Infectious Disease Testing: Not tested for infectious diseases. This material should be handled at the Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) as recommended in the CDC/NIH manual “Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories”, 2009
Diseased Ascites Cell Culture
Primary cultures of cells were established from ascitic fluid. Cells were harvested on days 8-10 depending on the cancer indication. P0=1st passage, P1=2nd passage.
Cancer Disease Types Available: Ovarian Cancer, Liver Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Breast Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Lung Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Fallopian Tube Cancer, Colon Cancer
Infectious Disease Testing: Not tested for infectious diseases. This material should be handled at the Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2) as recommended in the CDC/NIH manual “Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories”, 2009