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Cellosaurus HKESC-4 (CVCL_E304)

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Cell line name HKESC-4
Synonyms HKESC4; Hong Kong Esophageal Squamous Carcinoma-4
Accession CVCL_E304
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: HKESC-4 (RRID:CVCL_E304)
Comments Population: Chinese.
Characteristics: Established from a xenograft produced in BALB/c nude mice.
Doubling time: 63 hours (PubMed=17889704).
Derived from site: In situ; Esophagus; UBERON=UBERON_0001043.
Disease Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (NCIt: C4024)
Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus (ORDO: Orphanet_99977)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling 65Y
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

PubMed=17889704; DOI=10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2007.05.026
Leo C.-M. Cheung, Johnny C.-O. Tang, Pin-Yin Lee, Liang Hu, Xin-Yuan Guan, Wing Ka Tang, Gopesh Srivastava, John Wong, John M. Luk, Simon Ying-Kit Law;
Establishment and characterization of a new xenograft-derived human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma cell line HKESC-4 of Chinese origin.
Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. 178:17-25(2007)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54889771
Entry history
Entry creation22-Oct-2012
Last entry update29-Jun-2023
Version number14