part of derives from immortal dog kidney-derived cell line cell immortal dog epithelial cell line cell MDCK cell HyperCLDB: cl5078 Madin-Darby canine kidney cell MDCK A model mammalian cell line cell that was genereated from the initial isolation in 1958 of epithelial cells from the kidney tubule of an adult Cocker Spaniel dog by Stewart H. Madin and Norman B. Darby, Jr.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madin-Darby_canine_kidney_cells epithelial cell Canis lupus familiaris kidney