Article
Extended-term cultures of human T-lymphocytes: a practical alternative to primary human lymphocytes for use in genotoxicity testing.
Mutagenesis - 1 May 1995
O'Donovan M R, Freemantle M R, Hull G, Bell D A, Arlett C F, Cole J
Abstract excerpt
A simplified method, using recombinant interleukin-2, foetal bovine serum and freeze-killed feeder cells, has been developed for the mass culture of T-lymphocytes derived from human peripheral blood. In this protocol, bulk cultures can be cryopreserved approximately 8 days after initiation, and s...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, CD
- Cell Division
- Cells, Cultured
- Cryopreservation
- Freezing
- Gamma Rays
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hycanthone
- Karyotyping
- Micronucleus Tests
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets
