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Cellosaurus LuKII (CVCL_LK86)

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Cell line name LuKII
Synonyms Luk II
Accession CVCL_LK86
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: LuKII (RRID:CVCL_LK86)
Comments Problematic cell line: Misidentified. Originally thought to derive from RPMI-8866 but, based on differences in phosphoglucomutase-1 isozyme fingerprints, was determined not to be originating from that cell line (PubMed=6160588).
Characteristics: Produces TNF.
Cell type: B-cell; CL=CL_0000236.
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling Age unspecified
Category Transformed cell line
Publications

PubMed=6160588; DOI=10.1073/pnas.77.10.5938; PMCID=PMC350187
Lulu A. Pickering, Lee H. Kronenberg, William E. Stewart 2nd;
Spontaneous production of human interferon.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 77:5938-5942(1980)

PubMed=6193516; DOI=10.1073/pnas.80.17.5397; PMCID=PMC384263
Barbara D. Williamson, Elizabeth Ann Carswell, Berish Y. Rubin, Jay Scott Prendergast, Lloyd John Old;
Human tumor necrosis factor produced by human B-cell lines: synergistic cytotoxic interaction with human interferon.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80:5397-5401(1983)

PubMed=3863119; DOI=10.1073/pnas.82.19.6637; PMCID=PMC391265
Berish Y. Rubin, Sylvia L. Anderson, Susan A. Sullivan, Barbara D. Williamson, Elizabeth Ann Carswell, Lloyd John Old;
Purification and characterization of a human tumor necrosis factor from the LuKII cell line.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 82:6637-6641(1985)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54903260
Entry history
Entry creation15-Nov-2017
Last entry update29-Jun-2023
Version number6