On 2016 Apr 15, Amanda Capes-Davis commented:
This article has now been retracted. See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26909548 for the retraction notice and further comment.
On 2014 Oct 15, Amanda Capes-Davis commented:
KB is not an OSCC cell line - KB cells are actually HeLa, from cervical adenocarcinoma. Cross-contamination of KB was discovered by Stanley Gartler back in 1967. Unfortunately, KB is still widely used as a model for oral cancer. Cross-contaminated cell lines are extensively used in the scientific literature, with many scientists not aware of this important problem.
A list of cross-contaminated or otherwise misidentified cell lines can be found at http://iclac.org/databases/cross-contaminations/.
On 2014 Oct 15, Amanda Capes-Davis commented:
KB is not an OSCC cell line - KB cells are actually HeLa, from cervical adenocarcinoma. Cross-contamination of KB was discovered by Stanley Gartler back in 1967. Unfortunately, KB is still widely used as a model for oral cancer. Cross-contaminated cell lines are extensively used in the scientific literature, with many scientists not aware of this important problem.
A list of cross-contaminated or otherwise misidentified cell lines can be found at http://iclac.org/databases/cross-contaminations/.
On 2016 Apr 15, Amanda Capes-Davis commented:
This article has now been retracted. See http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26909548 for the retraction notice and further comment.