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ArticleJournal of biomolecular techniques : JBT2018

The Cellosaurus, a Cell-Line Knowledge Resource.

Amos Bairoch

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Article in Journal of biomolecular techniques : JBT, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 520 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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520citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

520 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Amos BairochComputer and Laboratory Investigation of Proteins of Human Origin Group, Faculty of Medicine, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Cellosaurus is a knowledge resource on cell lines. It aims to describe all cell lines used in biomedical research. Its scope encompasses both vertebrates and invertebrates. Currently, information for >100,000 cell lines is provided. For each cell line, it provides a wealth of information, cross-references, and literature citations. The Cellosaurus is available on the ExPASy server (https://web.expasy.org/cellosaurus/) and can be downloaded in a variety of formats. Among its many uses, the Cellosaurus is a key resource to help researchers identify potentially contaminated/misidentified cell lines, thus contributing to improving the quality of research in the life sciences.

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Databases, FactualCell LineComputational BiologyHumansSoftwarebioinformaticscomputational biologydatabase

Identifiers

PMID29805321
PMCPMC5945021

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