Genetic profiling reveals an alarming rate of cross‐contamination among human cell lines used in China

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  2026 Naunyn-Schmiedeberg s Archives of Pharmacology article Medicine Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Open access

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• Misidentified cell lines: failures of peer review, varying journal responses to misidentification inquiries, and strategies for safeguarding biomedical research

  2025 Research Integrity and Peer Review article Decision Sciences Academic Publishing and Open Access Open access

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• Misidentified LO2 and SGC-7901 cell lines challenge the claimed selectivity of ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes

  2025 Food and Chemical Toxicology article Medicine Metal complexes synthesis and properties Open access

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• Characterization and comparison of two NPC cell lines, C17 and C666-1, as models for studying the pathogenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

  2025 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications article Medicine Head and Neck Cancer Studies Open access

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• Comment on “Design, synthesis, anticancer activity and molecular docking of quinoline-based dihydrazone derivatives” by J.-X. Lu, H.-R. Lan, D. Zeng, J.-Y. Song, Y.-T. Hao, A.-P. Xing, A. Shen, and J. Yuan, RSC Adv. , 2025, 15 , 231–243

  2025 RSC Advances article Chemistry Synthesis and biological activity Open access

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• HeLa cells cross-contaminated nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell lines: Still a common problem

  2024 British Journal of Cancer article Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research Open access cited by 1 patent

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• Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cell Lines: Reliable Alternatives to Primary Nasopharyngeal Cells?

  2024 Cells article Medicine Head and Neck Cancer Studies Open access

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• Research reporting guidelines for cell lines: more than just a recommendation

  2023 Annals of Translational Medicine article Decision Sciences Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Open access

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• Commentary: Crocetin protected human hepatocyte LO2 cell from TGF-β-induced oxygen stress and apoptosis but promoted proliferation and autophagy via AMPK/m-TOR pathway

  2022 Frontiers in Public Health editorial Medicine Saffron Plant Research Studies Open access

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• Established Liver Cell Lines: Are You Sure to Have the Right Ones?

  2022 Livers article Medicine Liver physiology and pathology Open access

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• Letter to the Editor: LO2, a misidentified cell line: Some data should be interpreted with caution

  2022 Hepatology letter Medicine Liver physiology and pathology

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