On 2015 Sep 25, Amanda Capes-Davis commented:

The International Cell Line Authentication Committee (ICLAC) has just released a case study on RGC-5 at http://iclac.org/case-studies/rgc-5/.

The RGC-5 cell line was originally thought to be established from rat retinal ganglion. However, a number of journal articles have now shown that RGC-5 is misidentified and is actually 661W, a mouse photoreceptor cell line.

Eye research journals have responded to this problem by setting policies that raise awareness regarding RGC-5 and the broader problem of misidentified cell lines. Food research is another important area where cell line models are widely used and misidentified cell lines are commonly encountered. A list of known misidentified cell lines is available at http://iclac.org/databases/cross-contaminations/.

On 2015 Sep 25, Amanda Capes-Davis commented:

The International Cell Line Authentication Committee (ICLAC) has just released a case study on RGC-5 at http://iclac.org/case-studies/rgc-5/.

The RGC-5 cell line was originally thought to be established from rat retinal ganglion. However, a number of journal articles have now shown that RGC-5 is misidentified and is actually 661W, a mouse photoreceptor cell line.

Eye research journals have responded to this problem by setting policies that raise awareness regarding RGC-5 and the broader problem of misidentified cell lines. Food research is another important area where cell line models are widely used and misidentified cell lines are commonly encountered. A list of known misidentified cell lines is available at http://iclac.org/databases/cross-contaminations/.