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Cellosaurus UMJF-2 (CVCL_M548)

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Cell line name UMJF-2
Accession CVCL_M548
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: UMJF-2 (RRID:CVCL_M548)
Comments Problematic cell line: Misclassified. Originally thought to be a myeloma cell line but is a B-lymphoblastoid cell line (PubMed=10936422).
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 10376; Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Derived from site: In situ; Bone marrow; UBERON=UBERON_0002371.
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling 74Y
Category Transformed cell line
Publications

PubMed=1649357
Farnen J.P., Tyrkus M., Hanson C.A., Cody R.L., Emerson S.G.
Characterization of a new human multiple myeloma cell line, UMJF-2, which suppresses antibody production by B-lymphocytes in vitro.
Leukemia 5:574-584(1991)

DOI=10.1007/0-306-46877-8_4
Jernberg-Wiklund H., Nilsson K.
Multiple myeloma cell lines.
(In) Human cell culture. Vol. 3. Cancer Cell Lines part 3; Masters J.R.W., Palsson B.O. (eds.); pp.81-155; Kluwer Academic Publishers; New York (2000)

PubMed=10936422; DOI=10.1016/S0145-2126(99)00195-2
Drexler H.G., Matsuo Y.
Malignant hematopoietic cell lines: in vitro models for the study of multiple myeloma and plasma cell leukemia.
Leuk. Res. 24:681-703(2000)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54991076
Entry history
Entry creation05-Nov-2013
Last entry update29-Jun-2023
Version number10