Cross-contamination of the human salivary gland HSG cell line with HeLa cells: A STR analysis study.
Li-Chieh LinOsama A ElkashtyMurali RamamoorthiNathalie TrinhYounan LiuGulshan Sunavala-DossabhoyThomas PranzatelliDrew G MichaelClara ChivassoJason PerretJohn A ChioriniChristine DelporteSimon D TranPublished in: Oral diseases (2018)
Short tandem repeat analysis revealed that HSG was contaminated by the HeLa cell line. Furthermore, because genotyping of the original HSG cell line was not performed during its establishment, it will be difficult to authenticate an uncontaminated sample of HSG.