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Cellosaurus WKD (CVCL_2764)

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Cell line name WKD
Synonyms Wong-Kilbourne Derivative; Wong-Kilbourne; ChWK
Accession CVCL_2764
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: WKD (RRID:CVCL_2764)
Comments Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a HeLa derivative (PubMed=1246601; PubMed=20143388).
Registration: International Cell Line Authentication Committee, Register of Misidentified Cell Lines; ICLAC-00030.
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_0030 (HeLa)
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling 30Y6M
Category Cancer cell line
Web pages https://iclac.org/wp-content/uploads/Cross-Contaminations_v13_distribution.xlsx
Publications

PubMed=1246601; DOI=10.1126/science.1246601
Nelson-Rees W.A., Flandermeyer R.R.
HeLa cultures defined.
Science 191:96-98(1976)

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) ECACC; 93120839
Cell line databases/resources CLO; CLO_0009610
CLDB; cl4725
Biological sample resources BioSample; SAMN03151765
BioSample; SAMN03151766
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54994138
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update02-May-2024
Version number23