HEC-1 cells.

HEC-1 cell line was the first in vitro cell line of a human endometrial adenocarcinoma which enabled us to perform research work on the endometrium and endometrial carcinoma at a simplified cellular system, contributing cell and molecular biological studies on endometrial carcinoma. Once a cell line is established, it provides a stable experimental system that facilitates and progresses in the study of the tissues and/or neoplasias from which they are derived. In this article we report how HEC-1 cells have been established and cleared the proposed requirements to characterize the established cell line.