Established from the malignant primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) of a 42-year-old HIV+ man at diagnosis (prior to therapy) without a previous history of Kaposis sarcoma; cells were shown to carry the human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), but not the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and not the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Catalogue number:
CSC-C0371
Size:
1.0 mL
Storage temp:
Frozen with 70% medium, 20% FBS, 10% DMSO at about 4 x 10^6 cells/ampoule; ship in dry ice; store in liquid nitrogen