WI-38

Summary

WI-38 is a cell line^[1]. WI-38 has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• WI-38 is credited with the discovery of Leonard Hayflick^[3].
• WI-38's instance of is recorded as cell line^[4].
• WI-38's instance of is recorded as finite cell line^[5].
• Wistar Institute is named after WI-38^[6].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as Comparison of WI-38, MRC-5, and IMR-90 cell strains for isolation of viruses from clinical specimens^[7].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as The kinetics of thymine dimer excision in ultraviolet-irradiated human cells^[8].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as Human diploid lung fibroblast cell lines WI 26 and WI 38 exhibit isozyme shift of alkaline phosphatase after viral transformation^[9].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as Updated results on the karyology of the WI-38, MRC-5 and MRC-9 cell strains^[10].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as A comparison of three in vivo assays for cell tumorigenicity^[11].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as Human sarcomas in culture. Foci of altered cells and a common antigen; induction of foci and antigen in human fibroblast cultures by filtrates^[12].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as Karyological and morphological characteristics of human diploid cell strain WI-38 infected with mycoplasmas^[13].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as Studies of immunization with living rubella virus. Trials in children with a strain cultured from an aborted fetus^[14].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as A simple medium for the propagation and maintenance of human diploid cell strains^[15].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as Cultured cell lines for research on pulmonary physiology available through the American type culture collection^[16].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as A COMPARISON OF PRIMARY MONKEY KIDNEY, HETEROPLOID CELL LINES, AND HUMAN DIPLOID CELL STRAINS FOR HUMAN VIRUS VACCINE PREPARATION^[17].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as CULTIVATION OF RABIES VIRUS IN HUMAN DIPLOID CELL STRAIN WI-38^[18].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as THE LIMITED IN VITRO LIFETIME OF HUMAN DIPLOID CELL STRAINS^[19].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as Mesenchymal progenitors able to differentiate into osteogenic, chondrogenic, and/or adipogenic cells in vitro are present in most primary fibroblast-like cell populations^[20].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as Hayflick's Tragedy: The Rise and Fall of a Human Cell Line^[21].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as Inter-individual variation in DNA double-strand break repair in human fibroblasts before and after exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation^[22].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as A Genome-Wide Screen for Microdeletions Reveals Disruption of Polarity Complex Genes in Diverse Human Cancers^[23].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as Paying for Tissue: The Case of WI-38^[24].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as WI-38 senescence is associated with global and site-specific hypomethylation^[25].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as Designing cell lines for viral vaccine production: Where do we stand?^[26].
• WI-38's described by source is recorded as The response of single human cells to zero gravity^[27].

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Discovery and Description

Wistar Institute is named after WI-38^[6].

Why It Matters

WI-38 has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] WI-38 is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]