searching for HLA negative cell line

[Ian A. York]

In article <3.0.32.19981105144541.00704cb8 at imm2.imm.uth.tmc.edu>,
David L. Haviland, Ph.D. <dhavilan at IMM2.IMM.UTH.TMC.EDU> wrote:
>
>Going strictly from memory,  Daudi (B cell) and K562 (erythroleukemic) come
>to mind as Class-I negative.  I also have it in my advisors handwriting
>(from *many* moons ago) that the B cell line Raji is also Class-I negative.

K562 are HLA negative, Raji are not.  You need to be careful with studies
on K562, because they upregulate their MHC when treated with interferon
(and various other things).  I don't know whether they have non-classical
class I.

Ian 
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