RL (GCB-DLBCL) and U2932 (ABC-DLBCL) cell lines were obtained from American Type Culture Collection (Rockville, MD). Rituximab-resistant cell lines (RL 4RH and U2932 4RH) were created as described previously (Czuczman et al. 2008 (link)). Other cell lines representing ABC-DLBCL (TMD8, HBL-1) and GCB-DLBCL (SUDHL-4, SUDHL-6, SUDHL-10, OCI-LY2, OCI-LY19, BJAB, HT, DB, Karpas-422, NUDHL-1) were obtained from Leibniz Institute/German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures (DSMZ). All cell lines were maintained in RPMI 1640 (Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY) supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum (Atlanta Biologicals, Norcross, GA), 5mM HEPES, 100U/mL penicillin and 100μg/mL streptomycin (Life Technologies, Grand Island, NY) at 37oC and 5%CO2.
Neoplastic B-cells were isolated from pre-treatment biopsy tissue (either lymph node or extranodal tumor tissue) obtained from patients with B-cell NHL or Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) receiving therapy at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (RPCCC) as previously described (Brem et al. 2011 (link)).