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Cell line name | HL-60 |
Accession number | ICLC HTL95010 |
Brief description | Species: human, Caucasian; Tissue: peripheral blood; Tumor: leukemia, promyelocytic |
Description | Species: human, Caucasian female 36 years old; Tissue: peripheral blood; Tumor: leukemia, promyelocytic |
Depositor | Obtained from ECACC. |
Reference paper | Nature 1977;270:347-349 - DOI: 10.1038/270347a0 - PMID: 271272 |
Morphology and growth | continuous culture, grown in suspension, morphology lymphoblast-like |
Culture conditions | RPMI 1640 + 10% FBS + 2mM L-Glutamine; split confluent cultures 1:5-1:10; maintain cultures between 5-9x105 cells/ml; 37C, 5% CO2. |
Properties | phagocytosis; antitumour testing; differentiation; pharmacodynamics; cloning; Susceptible to: HIV-1, HTLV-1 |
Distribution | Cell line available for distribution. For non-commercial investigative use only |
Hazard | |
Species validation | Validated by isoenzymes: confirmed as human with MD, MPI, NP |
Tumorigenicity | tumorigenic in nude mice |
Karyology | pseudodiploid |
Freezing medium | Culture medium + 50% FBS + 10% DMSO |
Validation assays | Identification confirmed by Short Tandem Repeat (STR) profile. |
Further bibliography | Blood 1979;54:713-733 - PMID: 288488
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1978;75:2458-2462 - DOI: 10.1073/pnas.75.5.2458 - PMID: 276884 |
Comments | After treatment with DMSO the cells differentiate along the granulocytic line (after 4 days in 1,25% DMSO, 72% of the cells become CD11b positive). |