Hep G2 is a hepatoblastoma-derived cell line

[...]Hep G2 has been listed on the ATCC repository (American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, MD, USA) as a human cell line (HB 8065) "derived from the liver tissue of a 15-year-old white male with a well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma.â[euro] The mistaken classification of the Hep...

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Published inHuman pathology Vol. 40; no. 10; pp. 1512 - 1515
Main Authors López-Terrada, Dolores, MD, PhD, Cheung, Sau Wai, PhD, MBA, Finegold, Milton J., MD, Knowles, Barbara B., PhD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2009
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Cancer
Cell Line, Tumor
Hepatoblastoma - genetics
Hepatoblastoma - pathology
Humans
Liver cancer
Liver Neoplasms - genetics
Liver Neoplasms - pathology
Pathology
Pediatrics
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Summary:[...]Hep G2 has been listed on the ATCC repository (American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, MD, USA) as a human cell line (HB 8065) "derived from the liver tissue of a 15-year-old white male with a well-differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma.â[euro] The mistaken classification of the Hep G2 tumor of origin has created confusion between investigators and a divided body of scientific literature.
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ISSN:0046-8177
1532-8392
DOI:10.1016/j.humpath.2009.07.003