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Cellosaurus DRHEp2 (CVCL_W888)

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Cell line name DRHEp2
Synonyms DrHep-2
Accession CVCL_W888
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: DRHEp2 (RRID:CVCL_W888)
Comments Problematic cell line: Contaminated. Parent cell line (HEp-2) has been shown to be a HeLa derivative.
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 endocervical 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
Publications

PubMed=17637738; DOI=10.1038/sj.onc.1210681; PMCID=PMC2268644
Takatsugu Mizumachi, Seigo Suzuki, Akira Naito, Jaime Carcel-Trullols, Teresa T. Evans, Paul M. Spring, Nobuhiko Oridate, Yasuhide Furuta, Satoshi Fukuda, Masahiro Higuchi;
Increased mitochondrial DNA induces acquired docetaxel resistance in head and neck cancer cells.
Oncogene 27:831-838(2008)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54831402
Polymorphism and mutation databases Cosmic; 1530735
Entry history
Entry creation17-Jul-2014
Last entry update10-Apr-2025
Version number12