HEL cells, a human erythroleukemia cell line, mainly express the fetal (r)globin gene and trace amount of the embryonic (E)globin gene, but not adult (B) globin gene. Here we show that hydroxyurea (HU) can induce HEL ...
Hydroxyurea has been used to synchronize cultured cells to S-phase and used to treat patients with sicklecell anemia. Recently, we found that hydroxyurea can induce the apoptosis of HEL (human erythroleukemia) cells.T...