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Title: Differentiation of monoblastic cell line UG3 into leukemic dendritic cells. Author: Fujii N, Ikeda T, Ikeda K, Hiraki A, Kawakami K, Masuda K, Maeda Y, Hatake K, Motoyoshi K, Harada M, Tanimoto M. Journal: Int J Oncol; 2002 Sep; 21(3):617-20. PubMed ID: 12168108. Abstract: Dendritic cells (DCs) are known to be generated from leukemic clone from patients with acute and chronic leukemia when cultured in the presence of combination of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-4. However, there have been few reports that showed DCs could be effectively differentiated from human leukemia cell lines. In this study, we have shown that a human monoblastic cell line, UG3, was inducible to differentiate into DCs in the presence of GM-CSF and TNF-alpha along monocyte-macrophage lineage. These DCs, consistently displayed dendritic morphology, phenotypes and allogeneic T-cell stimulating capacity. UG3 cells thus may represent a suitable model to further elucidate characteristics of DC differentiation.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]