Establishment and Characterization of the Human Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Line NOKT-1

The squamous cell carcinoma cell line NOKT-1 was successfully established from the right tongue of a 74-yearold Japanese man. Pathological diagnosis of the original tumor was moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. NOKT-1 cells were transplanted subcutaneously into nude mice and xenograft was formed. In addition, the NOKT-1-XG cell line was established from the transplanted tumor of NOKT-1 cells. NOKT-1 cells and NOKT-1-XG cells were...