TSTBS654014 / 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 ENCBS289AAB
Product ID
HB-8065
Lot ID
4968519
Culture harvest date
2008-02-15
Passage number
77

Attribution

AMP Consortium
Lab
AMP-T2D consortium
Award PI
T2D AMP Consortium
Submitted by
Ying Sun
Source
ATCC
Project
AMP
External resources
Aliases
amp-t2d-consortium:ENCODEbiosample_ENCBS289AAB
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 ENCBS289AAB

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
External resources