| Description | Established from the bone marrow of a 45-year-old man with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL = AML FAB M3) in fourth relapse in 1998; cells were immortalized using ethyl-nitrosourea; cells are described to be constitutively dependent on GM-CSF and IL-3 or G-CSF; cells carry and express the t(15;17)(q22;q11.2) PML-RARA fusion gene |
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