CellModelDB

Evidence-driven resource for human non-tumour cell models.

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Curated Cell Models

A curated resource of human non-tumour cell models with standardized identity, origin and evidence annotations.

Physiological Context

Integrating reference-based physiological context to describe model relationships with human tissues and target cell types.

Literature Evidence

Organizing published evidence, experimental applications and model limitations with explicit interpretation boundaries.

Public Omics Evidence

Connecting available public omics resources and reference datasets to support contextual exploration of cell models.

Why CellModelDB?

Cell identityOrigin & provenancePhysiological contextLiterature evidencePublic omics resources

CellModelDB organizes multiple evidence layers rather than producing a single model ranking.

Explore Current Organ Coverage

Select an organ or tissue context to view the current model coverage and available evidence links.

Select an organ or tissue context

Use the anatomical illustration or the text controls to view current model coverage.

Human anatomical illustration showing CellModelDB coverage across skin, lung, kidney, stomach, skeletal muscle and a legacy Uterus compatibility context.

Current resource coverage

26
legacy base-resource non-tumour records (not the nine-module census count)
10
legacy organ/tissue contexts (compatibility context included)
19
legacy public GEO studies
718
legacy sample-provenance records

Integrated public dataset

Liver Census V1 Public Dataset

Public Schema V2 data view with separate counting universes, not a single model total.

Integrated public dataset view
59
searchable entity records
32
parent-level independent models
6
engineered derivatives
21
reference objects

This view preserves the distinction between searchable entities, parent-level models, derivatives, and reference objects.

Integrated public released dataset

Colon/Intestine Census V1

Public Schema V2 released view with explicit reference, HOLD and model-ecosystem limitation semantics.

Public release · version governed
79
searchable entity records
23
parent-level independent models
3
engineered derivatives
14
reference objects

Coverage: 0 adequate · 5 partial · 7 under-covered. Saturation: SATURATION_LIMITED_BY_MODEL_ECOSYSTEM. This is not a claim of exhaustive intestinal biology.

Integrated public released dataset

Lung Census V1

Public Schema V2 released view with explicit coverage and model-ecosystem limitation metadata.

Public release · version governed
39
searchable entity records
16
parent-level independent models
0
engineered derivatives
16
reference objects

Coverage: 2 adequate · 4 partial · 2 under-covered. Saturation: SATURATION_LIMITED_BY_MODEL_ECOSYSTEM. Coverage remains heterogeneous and does not claim complete biology.

Integrated public released dataset

Kidney Census V1

Public Schema V2 released view with explicit freeze provenance, HOLD and model-ecosystem limitation metadata.

Public release · version governed
24
searchable entity records
5
parent-level independent models
0
engineered derivatives
13
reference objects

Coverage: 0 adequate · 5 partial · 3 under-covered. Saturation: SATURATION_LIMITED_BY_MODEL_ECOSYSTEM. Coverage remains heterogeneous and does not claim complete biology.

Integrated public released dataset

Skin Census V1

Public Schema V2 released view with explicit reference, HOLD and model-ecosystem limitation metadata.

Public release · version governed
18
searchable entity records
12
parent-level independent models
2
engineered derivatives
6
reference objects

Coverage: 1 adequate · 6 partial · 2 under-covered. Saturation: SATURATION_LIMITED_BY_MODEL_ECOSYSTEM. Coverage remains heterogeneous and does not claim complete biology.