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K562 Cell line human

89121407, human blood (chronic myelogenous leukemia), Lymphoblast

Synonym(s):

K-562 Cells

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UNSPSC Code:
41106514

product name

K562 Cell line human, 89121407, from human blood(chronic myelogenous leukemia)

biological source

human blood (chronic myelogenous leukemia)

growth mode

Suspension

karyotype

2n = 46

morphology

Lymphoblast

products

Not specified

receptors

Not specified

technique(s)

cell culture | mammalian: suitable

relevant disease(s)

cancer

shipped in

dry ice

storage temp.

−196°C

Cell Line Origin

Human Caucasian chronic myelogenous leukaemia

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.

Application

K562 cell line has been used to study the protecting role of cluster of differentiation-39 (CD39) attenuation against DNA damage. It has also been used to study the relevance of a novel sorting approach for separating cells, called “Slice and Dice Sorting”.
Natural killer assay and tumourigenicity studies

DNA Profile

STR-PCR Data: Amelogenin: X
CSF1PO: 9,10
D13S317: 8
D16S539: 11,12
D5S818: 11,12
D7S820: 9,11
THO1: 9.3
TPOX: 8,9
vWA: 16

Culture Medium

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

Subculture Routine

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

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