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Cellosaurus Oba-BL (CVCL_W931)

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Cell line name Oba-BL
Synonyms OBA-BL; OBA BL; OBA
Accession CVCL_W931
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: Oba-BL (RRID:CVCL_W931)
Comments Population: African; Kenyan.
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 10376; Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Derived from site: In situ; Bone, jaw, mandible; UBERON=UBERON_0001684.
Cell type: B-cell; CL=CL_0000236.
Disease EBV-related Burkitt lymphoma (NCIt: C27694)
Burkitt lymphoma (ORDO: Orphanet_543)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling 7Y
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

PubMed=2943927; DOI=10.1093/jnci/77.3.681
Rooney C.M., Gregory C.D., Rowe M., Finerty S., Edwards C., Rupani H., Rickinson A.B.
Endemic Burkitt's lymphoma: phenotypic analysis of tumor biopsy cells and of derived tumor cell lines.
J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 77:681-687(1986)

PubMed=2824665; DOI=10.1099/0022-1317-68-11-2853
Young L.S., Yao Q.Y., Rooney C.M., Sculley T.B., Moss D.J., Rupani H., Laux G., Bornkamm G.-W., Rickinson A.B.
New type B isolates of Epstein-Barr virus from Burkitt's lymphoma and from normal individuals in endemic areas.
J. Gen. Virol. 68:2853-2862(1987)

PubMed=2898508; DOI=10.1084/jem.167.6.1811
Gregory C.D., Murray R.J., Edwards C.F., Rickinson A.B.
Downregulation of cell adhesion molecules LFA-3 and ICAM-1 in Epstein-Barr virus-positive Burkitt's lymphoma underlies tumor cell escape from virus-specific T cell surveillance.
J. Exp. Med. 167:1811-1824(1988)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54931694
Entry history
Entry creation17-Jul-2014
Last entry update02-May-2024
Version number12