> To: immunology at net.bio.net> From: zxy5 at po.CWRU.Edu (Zafer Yildirim)
> Subject: Q: CD8+ T cell lines
> Date: 7 Nov 1994 11:34:30 GMT
>> I just wanted to get your ideas about a question I have no answer
> All T cell lines ( other than T cell clones which are not of
> tumor origin ) are CD4+. I have never seen a CD8+ tumor cell line
> and I have been wondering why? Any comments?
>>>Your hypothesis is incorrect. There *are* indeed CD8 expressing
lines. HPB-ALL and MOLT-4 both express CD8.
Frederick C. Garbrecht
fred at bmt.mcw.edu
Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Medical College of Wisconsin
phone 414 257 5053
fax 414 257 7994
