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Cellosaurus HES [Human contaminated endometrial epithelial] (CVCL_W635)

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Cell line name HES [Human contaminated endometrial epithelial]
Accession CVCL_W635
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: HES [Human contaminated endometrial epithelial] (RRID:CVCL_W635)
Comments Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Shown to be a WISH derivative (PubMed=24520087). Originally thought to originate from an endometrium.
Registration: International Cell Line Authentication Committee, Register of Misidentified Cell Lines; ICLAC-00461.
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_1909 (WISH)
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=7512055; DOI=10.1016/S0015-0282(16)56659-X
Desai N.N., Kennard E.A., Kniss D.A., Friedman C.I.
Novel human endometrial cell line promotes blastocyst development.
Fertil. Steril. 61:760-766(1994)

PubMed=24520087; DOI=10.1177/1933719114522518; PMCID=PMC4126216
Kniss D.A., Summerfield T.L.
Discovery of HeLa cell contamination in HES cells: call for cell line authentication in reproductive biology research.
Reprod. Sci. 21:1015-1019(2014)

Cross-references
Biological sample resources BioSample; SAMN03151708
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54882899
Entry history
Entry creation16-Apr-2014
Last entry update02-May-2024
Version number17