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Cellosaurus Karpas-160 (CVCL_QZ00)

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Cell line name Karpas-160
Synonyms Karpas 160; K160
Accession CVCL_QZ00
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: Karpas-160 (RRID:CVCL_QZ00)
Comments Characteristics: Highly cytotoxic (PubMed=300025).
Characteristics: Produces lymphotoxin-alpha (PubMed=2784005).
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 10376; Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Derived from site: In situ; Peripheral blood; UBERON=UBERON_0000178.
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Hierarchy Children:
CVCL_QZ01 (Karpas-160b)
Sex of cell Male
Age at sampling 32Y
Category Transformed cell line
Publications

PubMed=300025; DOI=10.1038/bjc.1977.22; PMCID=PMC2025323
Karpas A.
A human haemic cell line capable of cellular and humoral killing of normal and malignant cells.
Br. J. Cancer 35:152-160(1977)

PubMed=412508; DOI=10.1038/bjc.1977.212; PMCID=PMC2025377
Karpas A.
A humoral cytotoxic substance produced by a human killer cell line.
Br. J. Cancer 36:437-445(1977)

DOI=10.1007/978-1-4613-2823-0_29
Karpas A.
Viruses and human leukemia in vitro.
(In book chapter) Human leukemia. Cytochemical and ultrastructural techniques in diagnosis and research. Developments in Oncology, Vol. 14; Polliack A. (eds.); pp.495-526; Martinus Nijhoff Publishing; Boston; USA (1984)

PubMed=2784005; DOI=10.1073/pnas.86.4.1343; PMCID=PMC286686
Yamanaka H.I., Karpas A.
Identity of human B-cell line cytotoxic lymphokine with tumor necrosis factor type beta.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86:1343-1347(1989)

PubMed=1591220; DOI=10.1093/intimm/4.4.519
Ni J., Meager A., Karpas A.
Characterization and partial purification of a novel cytotoxic lymphokine (factor 2) produced by a human B cell line (Karpas 160).
Int. Immunol. 4:519-531(1992)

Cross-references
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54899484
Entry history
Entry creation05-Mar-2018
Last entry update29-Jun-2023
Version number7