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MeSH Heading: HeLa Cells
Tree Number(s): A11.251.210.190.400; A11.251.860.180.400; A11.436.340
Unique ID: D006367
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006367
Annotation: almost always NIM with no subheadings; check HUMAN; do not routinely add UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS
Scope Note: The first continuously cultured human malignant CELL LINE, derived from the cervical carcinoma of Henrietta Lacks. These cells are used for, among other things, VIRUS CULTIVATION and PRECLINICAL DRUG EVALUATION assays.
NLM Classification #: QU 300
Public MeSH Note: 2011; see Hela Cells 1968-2011
History Note: 2011 (1965)
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/01

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

HeLa Cells MeSH Descriptor Data 2025