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Cellosaurus HEp-2C (CVCL_2940)

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Cell line name HEp-2C
Synonyms Hep-2C
Accession CVCL_2940
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: HEp-2C (RRID:CVCL_2940)
Comments Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Parent cell line (HEp-2) has been shown to be a HeLa derivative (PubMed=20143388).
Registration: International Cell Line Authentication Committee, Register of Misidentified Cell Lines; ICLAC-00309.
Population: African American.
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 333761; Human papillomavirus type 18 (HPV18).
Derived from site: In situ; Uterus, cervix; UBERON=UBERON_0000002.
Disease Human papillomavirus-related cervical adenocarcinoma (NCIt: C27677)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Hierarchy Parent: CVCL_1906 (HEp-2)
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling 30Y6M
Category Cancer cell line
STR profile Source(s): AddexBio

Markers:
AmelogeninX
CSF1PO9,10
D5S81811,12
D7S8208,12
D13S31712,13.3
D16S5399,10
TH017
TPOX8,12
vWA16,18

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Web pages https://iclac.org/wp-content/uploads/Cross-Contaminations_v12_distribution.xlsx
Publications

PubMed=20143388; DOI=10.1002/ijc.25242
Capes-Davis A., Theodosopoulos G., Atkin I., Drexler H.G., Kohara A., MacLeod R.A.F., Masters J.R.W., Nakamura Y., Reid Y.A., Reddel R.R., Freshney R.I.
Check your cultures! A list of cross-contaminated or misidentified cell lines.
Int. J. Cancer 127:1-8(2010)

Cross-references
Cell line collections (Providers) AddexBio; C0008008/5058
ECACC; 85020207
Cell line databases/resources CLO; CLO_0003709
CLDB; cl1656
Biological sample resources BioSample; SAMN03151707
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54882763
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update05-Oct-2023
Version number21