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ArticleBritish journal of cancer2006

Authenticity and drug resistance in a panel of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cell lines.

A H Beesley, M-L Palmer, J Ford, R E Weller, A J Cummings, J R Freitas, M J Firth, K U Perera, N H de Klerk, U R Kees

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Article in British journal of cancer, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

A H BeesleyDivision of Children's Leukaemia and Cancer Research, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, and Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
M-L Palmer
J Ford
R E Weller
A J Cummings
J R Freitas
M J Firth
K U Perera
N H de Klerk
U R Kees
The Kids Research Institute Australia · AUUniversity of Western Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell lines are important models for drug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), but are often criticised as being unrepresentative of primary disease. There are also doubts regarding the authenticity of many lines. We have characterised a panel of ALL cell lines for growth and drug resistance and compared data with that published for primary patient specimens. In contrast to the convention that cell lines are highly proliferative, those established in our laboratory grow at rates similar to estimates of leukaemic cells in vivo (doubling time 53-442 h). Authenticity was confirmed by genetic fingerprinting, which also demonstrated the potential stability of long-term cultures. In vitro glucocorticoid resistance correlated well with that measured ex vivo, but all lines were significantly more sensitive to vincristine than primary specimens. Sensitivity to methotrexate was inversely correlated to that of glucocorticoids and L-asparaginase, indicating possible reciprocity in resistance mechanisms. A cell line identified as highly methotrexate resistant (IC50 > 8000-fold higher than other lines) was derived from a patient receiving escalating doses of the drug, indicating in vivo selection of resistance as a cause of relapse. Many of these lines are suitable as models to study naturally occurring resistance phenotypes in paediatric ALL.

Indexed as

Drug Resistance, NeoplasmAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationChildDNA FingerprintingHumansPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaAntineoplastic Agents

Identifiers

PMID17117183
PMCPMC2360743
OpenAlexW2009348015

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