RE: Human dendritic cell lines?

From: Joost Schuitemaker (J.H.Schuitemaker@AMC.UVA.NL)
Date: Thu Mar 16 2000 - 11:12:27 EST


You can get the L428 at :

http://www.dsmz.de/

Best regards,

Joost Schuitemaker
_________________________________________

J.H.N. Schuitemaker
Research Technician
Dept. Cell Biology & Histology
Cellular Immunology Group
P.O.box 22700
1100 DE Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Tel. +31 (0)20 5664960
Fax. +31 (0)20 8725456

E-mail privé: J.H.N.Schuitemaker@consunet.nl

-----Original Message-----
From: Kudinov, Yuri [mailto:YKudinov@CHW.edu]
Sent: dinsdag 14 maart 2000 6:32
To: cyto-inbox
Subject: Human dendritic cell lines?



Does anyone know a commercial source of human dendritic cell lines? Or just
any source? I could find only one article on this subject. See Nunez R. et
al. "Characterization of two human dendritic cell-lines that express CD1a,
take-up, process and present soluble antigens and induce MLR"
Immunol.Lett.1998 Mar;61(1):33-43.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9562373&form=6

I have learned recently that cell lines isolated from patients with
histiocytosis and Hodgkin's disease often show features of mature DC's. For
example, a Hodgkin's disease cell line L428 has potent APC activity and a
phenotype which includes MHC Class I/II(high), CD80/86(+), CD83(+) and
CD40(+). I searched ATCC online catalog and it appears they don't have it.
Any ideas where I can get that cell line (L428)? It must be very popular (77
Medline references). I've also learned that acute myeloid leukemia cells can
be induced to differentiate into dendritic cells by treatment with
interleukine mixtures, see
http://www.bloodjournal.org/cgi/content/full/93/3/780

Can anyone recommend me an AML cell line, or a monocytic/histiocytic cell
line? An ideal candidate would be capable of differentiating into something
CD80/86(+) ... and IL12(+) ... and it would be just great if it also happens
to be HLA-A2(+).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,

Yuri Kudinov, postdoctoral fellow
SVMC, Immunotherapy lab
201 S.Alvarado St, Ste 312
Los Angeles, CA 90057-2354



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