Term Name
Jurkat
External Reference
External Resources
Synonyms
JURKAT cell, FHCRC-11, FCCH1024, JM, JM cell
Aliases
Definition
Human T cell leukemia, established from the peripheral blood of a 14-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at first relapse in 1976; often this cell line is called JM (JURKAT and JM are derived from the same patient and are sister clones), occasionally JM may be a subclone with somewhat divergent features.
Organs
bodily fluid, blood
Cells
hematopoietic cell, T cell, leukocyte, cancer cell
Developmental Slims
mesoderm, endoderm
System Slims
immune system