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Cellosaurus Akuba (CVCL_W933)

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Cell line name Akuba
Synonyms AKUBA; AKUA; AK 778; AK778
Accession CVCL_W933
Secondary accession CVCL_W745
Resource Identification Initiative To cite this cell line use: Akuba (RRID:CVCL_W933)
Comments Population: African; Kenyan.
Doubling time: 21 hours (PubMed=8402660).
Transformant: NCBI_TaxID; 10376; Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).
Cell type: B-cell; CL=CL_0000236.
Sequence variations
Disease EBV-related Burkitt lymphoma (NCIt: C27694)
Burkitt lymphoma (ORDO: Orphanet_543)
Species of origin Homo sapiens (Human) (NCBI Taxonomy: 9606)
Sex of cell Sex unspecified
Age at sampling Age unspecified
Category Cancer cell line
Publications

PubMed=4122458; DOI=10.1002/ijc.2910100108
Klein G., Dombos L., Gothoskar B.
Sensitivity of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) producer and non-producer human lymphoblastoid cell lines to superinfection with EB-virus.
Int. J. Cancer 10:44-57(1972)

PubMed=4364259; DOI=10.1002/ijc.2910110210
Klein G., Dombos L.
Relationship between the sensitivity of EBV-carrying lymphoblastoid lines to superinfection and the inducibility of the resident viral genome.
Int. J. Cancer 11:327-337(1973)

PubMed=170370; DOI=10.1099/0022-1317-28-2-207
Adams A., Strander H., Cantell K.
Sensitivity of the Epstein-Barr virus transformed human lymphoid cell lines to interferon.
J. Gen. Virol. 28:207-217(1975)

PubMed=7316467; DOI=10.1111/j.1469-1809.1980.tb00953.x
Povey S., Jeremiah S., Arthur E., Steel M., Klein G.
Differences in genetic stability between human cell lines from patients with and without lymphoreticular malignancy.
Ann. Hum. Genet. 44:119-133(1980)

PubMed=6286763; DOI=10.4049/jimmunol.129.3.1336
Benjamin D., Magrath I.T., Maguire R.T., Janus C., Todd-Kulikowsk H.D., Parsons R.G.
Immunoglobulin secretion by cell lines derived from African and American undifferentiated lymphomas of Burkitt's and non-Burkitt's type.
J. Immunol. 129:1336-1342(1982)

PubMed=3080238
Sieverts H., Alabaster O., Goldschmidts W., Magrath I.T.
Expression of surface antigens during the cell cycle in different growth phases of American and African Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines.
Cancer Res. 46:1182-1188(1986)

PubMed=3100061; DOI=10.1016/0008-8749(86)90099-7
Benjamin D., Bazar L.S., Wallace B., Jacobson R.J.
Heterogeneity of B-cell growth factor receptor reactivity in healthy donors and in patients with chronic lymphatic leukemia: relationship to B-cell-derived lymphokines.
Cell. Immunol. 103:394-408(1986)

PubMed=3026973; DOI=10.1002/ijc.2910390215
Ehlin-Henriksson B., Manneborg-Sandlund A., Klein G.
Expression of B-cell-specific markers in different Burkitt lymphoma subgroups.
Int. J. Cancer 39:211-218(1987)

PubMed=1325212; DOI=10.1182/blood.V80.5.1289.1289
Benjamin D., Knobloch T.J., Dayton M.A.
Human B-cell interleukin-10: B-cell lines derived from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and Burkitt's lymphoma constitutively secrete large quantities of interleukin-10.
Blood 80:1289-1298(1992)

PubMed=8220424; DOI=10.1038/ng0993-56
Bhatia K.G., Huppi K., Spangler G., Siwarski D., Iyer R., Magrath I.T.
Point mutations in the c-Myc transactivation domain are common in Burkitt's lymphoma and mouse plasmacytomas.
Nat. Genet. 5:56-61(1993)

PubMed=8402660
O'Connor P.M., Jackman J., Jondle D., Bhatia K.G., Magrath I.T., Kohn K.W.
Role of the p53 tumor suppressor gene in cell cycle arrest and radiosensitivity of Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines.
Cancer Res. 53:4776-4780(1993)

PubMed=8515068; DOI=10.4049/jimmunol.150.12.5418
Jain V.K., Judde J.-G., Max E.E., Magrath I.T.
Variable IgH chain enhancer activity in Burkitt's lymphomas suggests an additional, direct mechanism of c-myc deregulation.
J. Immunol. 150:5418-5428(1993)

PubMed=7519050; DOI=10.1002/gcc.2870090408
Zeidler R., Joos S., Delecluse H.-J., Klobeck H.-G., Vuillaume M., Lenoir G.M., Bornkamm G.-W., Lipp M.
Breakpoints of Burkitt's lymphoma t(8;22) translocations map within a distance of 300 kb downstream of MYC.
Genes Chromosomes Cancer 9:282-287(1994)

PubMed=8176200; DOI=10.4049/jimmunol.152.10.4749
Benjamin D., Sharma V., Knobloch T.J., Armitage R.J., Dayton M.A., Goodwin R.G.
B cell IL-7. Human B cell lines constitutively secrete IL-7 and express IL-7 receptors.
J. Immunol. 152:4749-4757(1994)

PubMed=7757991
Bae I., Fan S.-J., Bhatia K.G., Kohn K.W., Fornace A.J. Jr., O'Connor P.M.
Relationships between G1 arrest and stability of the p53 and p21Cip1/Waf1 proteins following gamma-irradiation of human lymphoma cells.
Cancer Res. 55:2387-2393(1995)

PubMed=8568269; DOI=10.4049/jimmunol.156.4.1626
Benjamin D., Sharma V., Kubin M., Klein J.L., Sartori A., Holliday J., Trinchieri G.
IL-12 expression in AIDS-related lymphoma B cell lines.
J. Immunol. 156:1626-1637(1996)

PubMed=9473234; DOI=10.1182/blood.V91.5.1680
Klangby U., Okan I., Magnusson K.P., Wendland M., Lind P., Wiman K.G.
p16/INK4a and p15/INK4b gene methylation and absence of p16/INK4a mRNA and protein expression in Burkitt's lymphoma.
Blood 91:1680-1687(1998)

PubMed=24590883; DOI=10.1002/gcc.22161
Murga Penas E.-M., Schilling G., Behrmann P., Klokow M., Vettorazzi E., Bokemeyer C., Dierlamm J.
Comprehensive cytogenetic and molecular cytogenetic analysis of 44 Burkitt lymphoma cell lines: secondary chromosomal changes characterization, karyotypic evolution, and comparison with primary samples.
Genes Chromosomes Cancer 53:497-515(2014)

Cross-references
Cell line databases/resources cancercelllines; CVCL_W933
Encyclopedic resources Wikidata; Q54749033
Wikidata; Q54749125
Polymorphism and mutation databases Cosmic; 931113
Cosmic; 2808221
IARC_TP53; 7394
Entry history
Entry creation17-Jul-2014
Last entry update10-Apr-2025
Version number16