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Cellosaurus H-494 (CVCL_7669)

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Cell line name H-494
Synonyms H 494; H494
Accession CVCL_7669
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: H-494 (RRID:CVCL_7669)
Comments Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a HeLa derivative (PubMed=6244232; PubMed=20143388). Originally thought to originate from a prostate carcinoma.
Registration: International Cell Line Authentication Committee, Register of Misidentified Cell Lines; ICLAC-00051.
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=87387
Pontes J.E., Choe B.-K., Rose N.R., Pierce J.M. Jr.
Immunochemical identification of prostatic epithelial cells in culture.
Invest. Urol. 16:483-485(1979)

PubMed=6244232
Williams R.D.
Human urologic cancer cell lines.
Invest. Urol. 17:359-363(1980)

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
Anatomy/cell type resources BTO; BTO:0002970
Biological sample resources BioSample; SAMN03151698
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54871883
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update02-May-2024
Version number23