Table 1.

Characteristics of cell lines in suspension culture. Morphological characteristic of human CML [JURL-MK1, K562 and MEG-01] and AML [KG1A, NB4 and NOMO-1] cell lines grown in suspension culture

Cell line	Disease	Differentiation stage	Morphology in suspension culture	Supplier	Doubling time in suspension (h)
JURL-MK1	CML	blast crisis	single round cells and small clusters	DSMZ	48
K562	CML	blast crisis	single round cells	ATCC	30-40
MEG-01	CML	megakaryoblast	single round cells or in small clusters, some cells slightly adherent	ATCC	35
KG-1a	AML	undifferentiated	single round cells, few giant cells, some cells slightly adherent	ATCC	50
NB4	AML	promyelocytic	polymorphic single cells, very few giant cells	DSMZ	35-45
NOMO-1	AML	myeloid	single round cells	DSMZ	35