TSTBS432272 / cell line

  • Status: released

Summary

Term name
HepG2
Summary
Homo sapiens HepG2 cell line
Description
Hep G2 (Hepatocellular carcinoma, human) Hep G2 is a perpetual cell line which was derived from the liver tissue of a 15-year-old Caucasian American male with a well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma. These cells are epithelial in morphology, have a model chromosome number of 55, and are not tumorigenic in nude mice. ENCODE biosample ENCBS011BYX
Culture start date
2014-03-19
Culture harvest date
2014-03-31
Passage number
4

Attribution

AMP Consortium
Lab
AMP-T2D consortium
Award PI
T2D AMP Consortium
Submitted by
Ying Sun
Source
ATCC
Project
AMP
Aliases
amp-t2d-consortium:ENCODEbiosample_ENCBS011BYX
Submitter comment
Hep G2 (Hepatocellular carcinoma, human) Hep G2 is a perpetual cell line which was derived from the liver tissue of a 15-year-old Caucasian American male with a well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma. These cells are epithelial in morphology, have a model chromosome number of 55, and are not tumorigenic in nude mice. ENCODE biosample ENCBS011BYX

Donor information

Aliases
amp-t2d-consortium:ENCODEdonor_ENCDO000AAC
Species
Homo sapiens
Life stage
child
Age
15 year
Sex
male
Health status
Hepatocellular carcinoma
Ethnicity
Caucasian
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