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K562

K562

Catalogue No.

89121407

Cell Line Name

K562

Cell Line Description

Established from pleural effusion of 53 year old female with chronic myelogenous leukaemia in terminal blast crisis. Population highly undifferentiated and of the granulocytic series. Can be used as a highly sensitive target for the in vitro natural killer assay. Recent studies have shown the K562 blasts are multipotential, hematopoietic malignant cells that spontaneously differentiate into recognisable progenitors of the erythrocyte, granulocyte and monocytic series.

Characteristics

Tissue of Origin

Blood

DNA profile (STR Profile)

Amelogenin: X
CSF1PO: 9,10
D5S818: 11,12
D7S820: 9,11
D13S317: 8
D16S539: 11,12
TH01: 9.3
TPOX: 8,9
vWA: 16

Karyotype

2n = 46

Applications

Natural killer assay and tumourigenicity studies

Disease

Myelogenous Leukaemia

Culture Conditions

Cell Type

Lymphoblastoid

Subculture Routine

Maintain cultures between 100,000 to 1,000,000 cells/ml; 5% CO₂; 37°C.

Culture Medium

RPMI 1640 + 2mM Glutamine + 10% Foetal Bovine Serum (FBS).

Growth Mode

Suspension

Additional Info

Depositor

Obtained from ATCC

Country of Origin

United States

Hazard Group (ACDP)

Hazard Group (ACDP) 2

Applications

References

In J Cancer 1979;23:143; Leukaemia Res 1979;3:363; Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 166:546-550, 1981

Bibliography

Abaan OD, Polley EC, Davis SR, Zhu YJ, Bilke S, Walker RL, Pineda M, Gindin Y, Jiang Y, Reinhold WC, Holbeck SL, Simon RM, Doroshow JH, Pommier Y, Meltzer PS.2013 The exomes of the NCI-60 panel: a genomic resource for cancer biology and systems pharmacology. Cancer Res. 73(14):4372-82. PMID: 23856246.

Available Formats

  • Frozen
  • DNA-5µg (100ng/µl)

If use of this culture results in a scientific publication, it should be cited in the publication as: K562 (ECACC 89121407).

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