sNF96.2 is a Schwann cell line that was isolated in 1996 from a 28-year-old, male patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 Nf1.The sNF96.2 cell line was derived from a recurrent mass associated with nerve and diagnosed as MPNST (Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor) in a patient meeting NF1 diagnostic criteria. The cells were derived from numerous passages of primary tumor material in culture until they were a homogenous Schwann cell-like population which displayed a clonal morphology immunopositive for both cytoplasmic Schwann cell markers S100 and p75.
