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V79 cells, derived from lung tissue of a female Chinese hamster, were established by FordandYerganian in 1958 as V cell line. In 1958 Elkind renamed it V79 and used it to study X-ray-induced damage and repair in cultured mammalian cells. The G1 phase of V79 cells, which is either absent or very short, has also been used in studies of G1 growth. V79 cells have been well demonstrated in toxicological studies, and their karyotype and morphological stability make them suitable for genotoxicity assay with low background aberration. V79 cells do not express endogenous cytochrome P450 and have been used to insert and express P450 in humans, rats, mice, and fish. Immunoglobulin products and Epstein-Barr virus were negative. V79 cells express Fas antigen and are sensitive to TNF and anti-Fas antibodies.