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Cell line name | K-562 |
Accession number | ICLC HTL94001 |
Brief description | Species: human, Caucasian; Tissue: pleural effusion; Tumor: leukemia, myelogenous |
Description | Species: human, Caucasian female 53 years old; Tissue: pleural effusion; Tumor: leukemia, myelogenous |
Depositor | Dr V. Dessi, San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy |
Reference paper | Blood 1975;45:321-334 - PMID: 163658 |
Morphology and growth | continuous culture, grown in suspension, morphology round and large cells |
Culture conditions | RPMI 1640 + 10% FBS + 2mM L-Glutamine; Maintain cultures between 1 and 5x105 cells/ml; 37C, 5% CO2 |
Properties | haemoglobin synthesis; antitumour testing; tumorigenicity; differentiation; pharmacodynamics; cloning; cytotoxicity; cellular effects of hyperthermia; natural killer assay |
Distribution | Cell line available for distribution. For non-commercial investigative use only |
Hazard | |
Species validation | Validated by isoenzymes: confirmed as human with AST, NP, Pep B |
Validated by HLA-DP beta: confirmed as human by PCR | |
Tumorigenicity | tumorigenic in nude mice |
Freezing medium | Culture medium + 50% FBS + 10% DMSO |
Validation assays | Identification confirmed by Short Tandem Repeat (STR) profile. |
Further bibliography | Blood 1980;56:344-350 - PMID: 6996765
Clin Haematol 1984;13:461-486 - PMID: 6088146 J Immunol 1982;129:2504-2510 - PMID: 6982930 |