End the scandal of false cell lines
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There are growing concerns regarding the true identity of many publicly available human-tumour-derived cell lines.
“there are growing concerns regarding the true identity of many publicly available human-tumour-derived cell lines62.”
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A resource for cell line authentication, annotation and quality control
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Incidences of problematic cell lines are lower in papers that use RRIDs to identify cell lines
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- Authors
- Masters, J. R.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Masters, John R.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2012-12-12
- Volume
- 492
- Issue
- 7428
- Pages
- 186-186
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2039599418
- Cited by
- 64
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 8
- FWCI
- 18.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Research Data Management Practices
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Identification and Quantification in Food
- Keywords
- cell line misidentification, cell line authentication, research integrity, research misconduct, research funding, scientific publishing standards
- MeSH terms
- Cell Line, Communication, Humans, Microsatellite Repeats, Biometric Identification
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