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HeLa (human, Black, cervix, carcinoma, epitheloid)

Monoclonal continuous culture, grown as monolayer
epithelial-like morphology
SPECIES: human, Black (female, 31 years old) Karyology: aneuploid
TISSUE/ORGAN: cervix
TUMOR: carcinoma, epitheloid
tumorigenic in nude mice
Susceptibility to viruses: adenovirus 3 * arbovirus * Coxsackie * echovirus * measles * poliovirus 1 * reovirus 3 * respiratory syncytial virus * rhinovirus * vaccinia
PROPERTIES: antitumour testing; transformation; tumorigenicity; cytotoxicity; cell biology; bacterial invasiveness; virology

Available in the following LABORATORY:

• ENEA, CRE-Casaccia (RMEBA, Roma)
  DMEM + 10% FBS; Freezing medium: Culture medium + 10% DMSO; 37C, 5% CO2, split1-9, mycoplasma negative

Availability in cell line catalogues: ATCC: CCL 2, IZSBS: BS TCL20, ECACC: 93021013, DSMZ: ACC 57, ICLC: HTL95023

Bibliographic references:

• Cancer Res 1952;12:264
• J Exp Med 1953;97:695
• J Gen Virol 1983;64:825 - PMID: 6834007
• J Virol 1978;28:444 - PMID: 214572
• Obstet Gynecol 1971;38:945-949 - PMID: 4942173

See homonymous cell lines in other collections and catalogues.