HEK293

cell line
Taxon cell_line Q489618
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HEK293

Summary

HEK293 is a cell line[1]. HEK293 ranks in the top 3% of cell_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (318 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • HEK293's image is recorded as HEK 293 cells grown in tissue culture medium.jpg[3].
  • HEK293's instance of is recorded as cell line[4].
  • HEK293's instance of is recorded as transformed cell line[5].
  • HEK293's Commons category is recorded as HEK293 cells[6].
  • HEK293's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D057809[7].
  • HEK293's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gk_p[8].
  • HEK293's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.251.210.172.750[9].
  • HEK293's MeSH tree code is recorded as A11.436.334[10].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Characteristics of a human cell line transformed by DNA from human adenovirus type 5[11].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Analysis of the cytogenetic stability of the human embryonal kidney cell line 293 by cytogenetic and STR profiling approaches[12].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Expression of G protein-coupled receptors and related proteins in HEK293, AtT20, BV2, and N18 cell lines as revealed by microarray analysis[13].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Initial characterization of the human central proteome[14].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Experiences with HEK293: A Human Cell Line[15].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Comparative proteomic analysis of eleven common cell lines reveals ubiquitous but varying expression of most proteins[16].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Dynamic DNA methylation across diverse human cell lines and tissues[17].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Detection of viral proteins in human cells lines by xeno-proteomics: elimination of the last valid excuse for not testing every cellular proteome dataset for viral proteins[18].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Genome dynamics of the human embryonic kidney 293 lineage in response to cell biology manipulations[19].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Multifunctional reagents for quantitative proteome-wide analysis of protein modification in human cells and dynamic profiling of protein lipidation during vertebrate development[20].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as A mass spectrometric-derived cell surface protein atlas[21].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Designing cell lines for viral vaccine production: Where do we stand?[22].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Proteome-wide analysis of arginine monomethylation reveals widespread occurrence in human cells[23].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Characterization of Human Cancer Cell Lines by Reverse-phase Protein Arrays[24].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Selenium-regulated hierarchy of human selenoproteome in cancerous and immortalized cells lines[25].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as Cloning and Sequencing of the Cellular–Viral Junctions from the Human Adenovirus Type 5 Transformed 293 Cell Line[26].
  • HEK293's described by source is recorded as A catalog of HLA type, HLA expression, and neo-epitope candidates in human cancer cell lines[27].

Why It Matters

HEK293 ranks in the top 3% of cell_line entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (318 views/month).[2] HEK293 has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] HEK293 is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Cellosaurus release 49. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). HEK293. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hek293
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hek293_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{HEK293}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hek293}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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