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Cellosaurus BBF (CVCL_8659)

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Cell line name BBF
Accession CVCL_8659
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: BBF (RRID:CVCL_8659)
Comments Population: African; Kenyan.
Virology: Supports human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8/KSHV) replication.
Virology: EBV-negative.
Derived from site: In situ; Groin; UBERON=UBERON_0008337.
Cell type: B-cell; CL=CL_0000236.
Sequence variations
  • Mutation; HGNC; 11998; TP53; Simple; p.His193Arg (c.578A>G); ClinVar=VCV000184979; Zygosity=Unspecified (from parent cell line).
Disease Burkitt lymphoma (NCIt: C2912)
Burkitt lymphoma (ORDO: Orphanet_543)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Hierarchy Parent: CVCL_5711 (BJAB)
Sex of cell Female
Age at sampling 5Y
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

PubMed=15956410; DOI=10.1128/jcm.43.6.2866-2875.2005; PMCID=PMC1151914
Gasperini P., Barbierato M., Martinelli C., Rigotti P., Marchini F., Masserizzi G., Leoncini F., Chieco-Bianchi L., Schulz T.F., Calabro M.L.
Use of a BJAB-derived cell line for isolation of human herpesvirus 8.
J. Clin. Microbiol. 43:2866-2875(2005)

Cross-references
Cell line databases/resources cancercelllines; CVCL_8659
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54795144
Entry history
Entry creation04-Apr-2012
Last entry update02-May-2024
Version number18