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Cell Models

Browse our extensive range of 2D & 3D models for characterizing SARS-CoV-2 infection & choose the best option for your research

Cell model – immortalised cell lines

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Vero E6

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • Typing
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • Electron light microscopy
  • Focus Forming assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR
  • Omics – spatial transcriptomics
  • Sequencing
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability (incl. high content imaging)
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (incl. high content imaging)
  • Flow cytometry
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Histological methods

Vero CCL81

  • Virus isolation
  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • Typing
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • Electron light microscopy
  • Focus Forming assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR (E, RdRP, N, S)
  • Omics – spatial transcriptomics
  • Sequencing – NGS
  • ELISA (N)
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy)
  • Flow cytometry
  • Luminex assay for antibody detection
  • Histopathology
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Histological methods

Calu 3

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • Typing
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • Electron light microscopy
  • Focus Forming assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR
  • Omics – spatial transcriptomics
  • Sequencing
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy)
  • Flow cytometry
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Histological methods

A549

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • qRT-PCR
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability (incl. high content imaging)
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy ((conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy ; high content imaging)

Caco-2

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • Typing
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • Electron light microscopy
  • Focus Forming assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR
  • Omics – spatial transcriptomics
  • Sequencing
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy
  • Flow cytometry
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Histological methods

MDCK

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • Typing
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • Electron light microscopy
  • Focus Forming assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR
  • Omics – spatial transcriptomics
  • Sequencing
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy
  • Flow cytometry
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Histological methods

Hep-2

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • Typing
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • Electron light microscopy
  • Focus Forming assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR
  • Omics – spatial transcriptomics
  • Sequencing
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy
  • Flow cytometry
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Histological methods

Huh-7

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • Typing
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • Electron light microscopy
  • Focus Forming assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR
  • Omics – spatial transcriptomics
  • Sequencing
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy
  • Flow cytometry
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Histological methods

RPMI-2650

  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • qRT-PCR
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy)

human nasal cell line

  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • qRT-PCR
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy)

Chicken lung epithelial cells

  • Virus titration (Plaque assay titration on MDCK cells)
  • Cytotoxicity (CellTiter-Glo assay, automated cell numeration)
  • Antiviral assay (ViralTox-Glo assay in microtiter plate format)
  • qRT-PCR (Fluidigm medium throughput qPCR – primer sets for chicken innate immune genes)
  • Biomaging/microscopy (CellTiter-Glo assay, automated cell numeration)

Pig bronchial epithelial cells

  • Virus titration (Plaque assay titration on MDCK cells)
  • Cytotoxicity (CellTiter-Glo assay, automated cell numeration)
  • Antiviral assay (ViralTox-Glo assay in microtiter plate format)
  • qRT-PCR (Fluidigm medium throughput qPCR)
  • Biomaging/microscopy (CellTiter-Glo assay, automated cell numeration)

Cell model – primary cells

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pig macrophages

  • Neutralization assay
  • Antiviral assay
  • PRNT/microneutralization

pig monocytes

  • Neutralization assay
  • Antiviral assay
  • PRNT/microneutralization

pig lymphocytes

  • Neutralization assay
  • Antiviral assay
  • PRNT/microneutralization

sheep monocytes

  • Neutralization assay
  • Antiviral assay
  • PRNT/microneutralization

sheep macrophages (monocyte-derived)

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • Antiviral assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR

sheep macrophages (alveolar)

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR

sheep macrosheep lymphocytes

  • Neutralization assay
  • Antiviral assay
  • PRNT/microneutralization

human primary epithelial lung cells (monolayers/polarised 2D culture)

  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • qRT-PCR
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy)

bovine primary epithelial lung cells (monolayers/polarised 2D culture)

  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • qRT-PCR
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy)

ovine primary epithelial lung cells (monolayers/polarised 2D culture)

  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • qRT-PCR
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy)

cattle macrophages (monocyte-derived)

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR

cattle macrophages (alveolar)

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR

primary human cell cultures from surgical specimens

  • Virus isolation
  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • Typing
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • Electron light microscopy
  • Focus Forming assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR
  • Omics – spatial transcriptomics
  • Sequencing
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy
  • Flow cytometry
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Histological methods

Bat lung epithelial cells

  • Virus isolation
  • Virus titration
  • Antiviral assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • qRT-PCR (E, RdRP, N, S)
  • Sequencing – NGS
  • ELISA (N)
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Luminex assay for antibody detection
  • Histopathology

Bat intestine epithelial cells

  • Virus isolation
  • Virus titration
  • Antiviral assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • qRT-PCR (E, RdRP, N, S)
  • Sequencing – NGS
  • ELISA (N)
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Luminex assay for antibody detection
  • Histopathology

Swine bronchial epithelial cells

  • Virus titration (Plaque assay titration on MDCK cells)
  • Cytotoxicity (CellTiter-Glo assay, automated cell numeration)
  • Antiviral assay (ViralTox-Glo assay in microtiter plate format)
  • qRT-PCR (Fluidigm medium throughput qPCR )
  • Biomaging/microscopy (CellTiter-Glo assay, automated cell numeration)

Cell model – mesenchymal stem cells

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rabbit mesenchymal stem cells

  • Neutralization assay
  • Antiviral assay
  • PRNT/microneutralization

mink mesenchymal stem cells

  • Neutralization assay
  • Antiviral assay
  • PRNT/microneutralization

bovine mesenchymal stem cells

  • Neutralization assay
  • Antiviral assay
  • PRNT/microneutralization

pig mesenchymal stem cells

  • Neutralization assay
  • Antiviral assay
  • PRNT/microneutralization

Cell model – Well differentiated and/or polarised cell systems

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ALI-differentiated 2D culture of primary human lung cells

  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • qRT-PCR
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy)

ALI-differentiated 2D culture of primary bovine lung cells

  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • qRT-PCR
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy)

Calu-3 differentiated in ALI conditions

  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • qRT-PCR
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy)

A549 differentiated in ALI conditions

  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • qRT-PCR
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy)

Chicken lung epithelial cells – ALI

  • Virus titration (Plaque assay titration on MDCK cells)
  • Cytotoxicity (CellTiter-Glo assay, automated cell numeration)
  • Antiviral assay (ViralTox-Glo assay in microtiter plate format)
  • qRT-PCR (Fluidigm medium throughput qPCR – primer sets for chicken innate immune genes)
  • Biomaging/microscopy (CellTiter-Glo assay, automated cell numeration)

Pig bronchial epithelial cells – ALI

  • Virus titration (Plaque assay titration on MDCK cells)
  • Cytotoxicity (CellTiter-Glo assay, automated cell numeration)
  • Antiviral assay (ViralTox-Glo assay in microtiter plate format)
  • qRT-PCR (Fluidigm medium throughput qPCR)
  • Biomaging/microscopy (CellTiter-Glo assay, automated cell numeration)

RPMI-2650 in ALI 2D cultures

  • Vi
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • qRT-PCR
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy)

Non-conventional screening models for toxicity and ecotoxicity

Non-conventional screening models for toxicity and ecotoxicity assays:

  • zebrafish eggs: up to 48h, 96 well format
  • invertebrates (rotifers and artemia): 96 well format
  • microalgae

Cell model – Engineered cell lines and primary cells

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Vero hSLAM ((human) signaling lymphocytic activation molecule)

  • Virus isolation
  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • qRT-PCR
  • Sequencing
  • ELISA
  • Histopathology
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • In situ hybridization

Vero E6 with fluorescent viability reporter gene (m-cherry-H2B (histon-2B) protein)

  • Cytotoxicity (combined with high-content imaging)
  • Cell viability (high-content imaging)
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (high-content imaging)

redifferentiated iPSCs (induced Pluripotent Stem Cells)

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • Typing
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • Electron light microscopy
  • Focus Forming assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR
  • Omics – spatial transcriptomics
  • Sequencing
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy
  • Flow cytometry
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Histological methods

Cell model – Other 2D cell model

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Preparation of mammalian tissues

  • Cloning (Cell sorting on plates – 96, 384…)
  • Immunofluorescence (conventional and confocal microscopy)
  • Bioimaging / microscopy (conventional and confocal microscopy)
  • Flow cytometry (multicolor flow cytometry, High Speed cell sorting)
  • Histopathology (histology / immunochemistry)

Preparation of avian tissues

  • Cloning (Cell sorting on plates – 96, 384…)
  • Immunofluorescence (conventional and confocal microscopy)
  • Bioimaging / microscopy (conventional and confocal microscopy)
  • Flow cytometry (multicolor flow cytometry, High Speed cell sorting)
  • Histopathology (histology / immunochemistry)

Swab / saliva collection devices

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • Typing
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • Electron light microscopy
  • Focus Forming assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR
  • Omics – spatial transcriptomics
  • Sequencing
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy
  • Flow cytometry
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Histological methods

Cell model – Organoids

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human lung organoids

  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • qRT-PCR
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy)

bovine lung organoids

  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • qRT-PCR
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy (conventional – high resolution confocal microscopy)

3D tissue and cell printer

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • Typing
  • Cytotoxicity
  • Antiviral assay
  • Electron light microscopy
  • Focus Forming assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR
  • Omics – spatial transcriptomics
  • Sequencing
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cell viability
  • Bioimaging/Microscopy
  • Flow cytometry
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Histological methods

Cell model – Precision-cut tissue slices cultures

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Bovine lung PCLS (Precision Cut Lung Slices)

  • qRT-PCR (Fluidigm medium-throughput qPCR – primer sets for >200 bovine genes, mainly related to immunity)
  • ELISA (IL-8; IL-1b,…..)
  • Immunofluorescence (confocal microscopy)
  • Cell viability (LDH release assay)

Hamster PC lung tissue

  • Virus isolation
  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • Typing
  • Omics – transcriptomic analysis by nanostring assay
  • Sequencing – NGS
  • Histopathology (incl. Immunohistology)

Sheep primary lung PCLS

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR

Cattle primary lung PCLS

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR

Mouse primary lung PCLS

  • Virus titration
  • Neutralization assay
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • PRNT/microneutralization
  • qRT-PCR

Cell model – Organotypic culture

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Chicken tracheal culture

  • Virus isolation
  • Virus titration
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • qRT-PCR
  • Sequencing
  • ELISA

Chicken lung culture 

  • Virus isolation
  • Virus titration
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • qRT-PCR
  • Sequencing
  • ELISA

Ferret tracheal culture 

  • Virus isolation
  • Virus titration
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • qRT-PCR
  • Sequencing
  • ELISA

Ferret lung culture

  • Virus isolation
  • Virus titration
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • qRT-PCR
  • Sequencing
  • ELISA

Pig tracheal culture

  • Virus isolation
  • Virus titration
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • qRT-PCR
  • Sequencing
  • ELISA

Pig lung culture

  • Virus isolation
  • Virus titration
  • CPE (TCID50)
  • qRT-PCR
  • Sequencing
  • ELISA

Cell model – Other 3D cell models

Preparation of little organs for clearing (lung of mouse) with i and u DISCO

  • Cloning (Cell sorting on plates – 96, 384…)
  • Immunofluorescence (conventional and confocal microscopy)
  • Bioimaging / microscopy (conventional and confocal microscopy)
  • Flow cytometry (multicolor flow cytometry, High Speed cell sorting)
  • Histopathology (histology / immunochemistry)