HeLa

Summary

HeLa is a cancer cell line^[1]. HeLa draws 7,407 Wikipedia views per month (cancer_cell_line category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• HeLa is credited with the discovery of George Otto Gey^[3].
• HeLa's instance of is recorded as cancer cell line^[4].
• HeLa's instance of is recorded as cell line^[5].
• Henrietta Lacks is named after HeLa^[6].
• HeLa's Commons category is recorded as HeLa cells^[7].
• HeLa's described at URL is recorded as https://herlegacymatters.de/beruehmte-frauen/henrietta-lacks-mutter-der-hela-zellen-unsterblichkeit/^[8].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as Large-scale characterization of HeLa cell nuclear phosphoproteins^[9].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as The haplotype-resolved genome and epigenome of the aneuploid HeLa cancer cell line^[10].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as Deep proteome and transcriptome mapping of a human cancer cell line^[11].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as Presence and expression of human papillomavirus sequences in human cervical carcinoma cell lines^[12].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as Integration sites of human papillomavirus 18 DNA sequences on HeLa cell chromosomes^[13].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as In vitro response of cervical cancer cell lines CaSki, HeLa, and ME-180 to the antiestrogen tamoxifen^[14].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as Human tumor lines for cancer research^[15].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as George Otto Gey. (1899-1970). The HeLa cell and a reappraisal of its origin^[16].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as Distinction of seventy-one cultured human tumor cell lines by polymorphic enzyme analysis.^[17].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as Correlation between HPV positivity and state of the p53 gene in cervical carcinoma cell lines^[18].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as Comprehensive and definitive molecular cytogenetic characterization of HeLa cells by spectral karyotyping^[19].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as HeLa cells 50 years on: the good, the bad and the ugly^[20].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as Identification of microsatellite instability and mismatch repair gene mutations in breast cancer cell lines^[21].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as Studies on the propagation in vitro of poliomyelitis viruses. IV. Viral multiplication in a stable strain of human malignant epithelial cells (strain HeLa) derived from an epidermoid carcinoma of the cervix^[22].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as Culture characteristics of four permanent lines of human cancer cells^[23].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as Animal cell strains. The Cell Culture Collection committee has assembled and certified 23 strains of animal cells^[24].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as Smad4 deficiency in cervical carcinoma cells.^[25].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as A rapid method for viable cell titration and clone production with HeLa cells in tissue culture: the use of X-irradiated cells to supply conditioning factors^[26].
• HeLa's described by source is recorded as Combined array-comparative genomic hybridization and single-nucleotide polymorphism-loss of heterozygosity analysis reveals complex genetic alterations in cervical cancer.^[27].

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Discovery and Description

Henrietta Lacks is named after HeLa^[6].

Why It Matters

HeLa draws 7,407 Wikipedia views per month (cancer_cell_line category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2] HeLa has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] HeLa is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]