Cellosaurus cell line hTERT-HSC (CVCL

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Cell line name	hTERT-HSC
Synonyms	hTERT-immortalized Hepatic Stellate Cells
Accession	CVCL_M102
Resource Identification Initiative	To cite this cell line use: hTERT-HSC (RRID:CVCL_M102)
Comments	Genetic integration: Method=Transduction; Gene=HGNC; HGNC:11730; TERT. Genetic integration: Method=Transduction; Gene=UniProtKB; P00552; Klebsiella pneumoniae transposon Tn5 neo. Derived from site: In situ; Liver; UBERON=UBERON_0002107. Cell type: Hepatic stellate cell; CL=CL_0000632.
Species of origin	Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Sex of cell	Sex unspecified
Age at sampling	Age unspecified
Category	Telomerase immortalized cell line
Publications	PubMed=11896211; DOI=10.1038/labinvest.3780426 Bernd Schnabl, Youkyung Hwang Choi, John C. Olsen, Curt H. Hagedorn, David Allen Brenner; Immortal activated human hepatic stellate cells generated by ectopic telomerase expression. Lab. Invest. 82:323-333(2002) PubMed=17760834; DOI=10.1111/j.1582-4934.2007.00060.x; PMCID=PMC3823251 Jens Herrmann, Axel M. Gressner, Ralf Weiskirchen; Immortal hepatic stellate cell lines: useful tools to study hepatic stellate cell biology and function? J. Cell. Mol. Med. 11:704-722(2007)
Anatomy/cell type resources	BTO; BTO_0003517
Encyclopedic resources	Wikidata; Q54896630
Entry history
Entry creation	06-May-2013
Last entry update	14-Aug-2025
Version number	13