Description
CD19 / CD20 / Firefly Luciferase CHO Cell Line | 78186 | Gentaur US, UK & Europe Disrtribition
Category: CAR-T/Cell Line
Application: N/A
Background: B-lymphocyte antigen CD19 (Cluster of Differentiation 19), also known as B-Lymphocyte Surface Antigen B4 and CVID3, is a transmembrane protein expressed in follicular dendritic cells and all B lineage cells except plasma cells. CD19 plays two major roles in human B cells. It acts as an adaptor protein to recruit cytoplasmic signaling proteins to the membrane and it works within the CD19/CD21 complex to decrease the threshold for B cell receptor signaling pathways. Due to its presence on all B cells, it is a biomarker for B lymphocyte development and lymphoma diagnosis and can be used as a target for leukemia immunotherapies. CD19-targeted therapies based on T cells that express CD19-specific chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) have been utilized for their antitumor abilities in patients with CD19+ lymphoma and leukemia, such as Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma (NHL), CLL and ALL. CD20 (MS4A1) is a glycosylated phosphoprotein expressed on the cell surface of B cells. Although the functional significance of CD20 is not clear, and CD20 has no known ligands, CD20 has been shown to regulate intracellular calcium levels. CD20 is a highly attractive target antigen for immunotherapy because it is expressed in more than 90% of patients with B-cell lymphoma. First approved in 1997, Rituximab (Rituxan) is a chimeric monoclonal antibody targeting CD20 and has been classified by the World Health Organization as an "Essential Medicine". Since then, additional monoclonal antibodies against CD20 have been approved or are being tested in clinical trials for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), follicular lymphoma, diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), rheumatoid arthritis, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, systemic lupus erythematosus, and myalgic encephalomyelitis (chronic fatigue syndrome). Additionally, more recently, anti-CD20-CD19 bispecific CAR-T cells have been developed to address concerns over potential relapse.
Description: Clonal stable CHO cell line constitutively expressing full length human CD19 protein (also known as CVID3, Genbank accession #NM_001770) and human CD20 protein (also known as MS4A1 and FMC7, Genbank accession #NM_021950). This cell line was derived from our CHO-K1 Luciferase cells (BPS Bioscience, #79725), therefore it also constitutively expresses the firefly luciferase reporter. Surface expression of CD19 and CD20 were confirmed by flow cytometry.
Product Type: Cell Line
Shippement Condition: -80°C
