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Limiting dilution analysis of Epstein-Barr virus-induced immunoglobulin production by human B cells.
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Yarchoan, R. Tosato, G. Blaese, R. M. Simon, R. M. Nelson, D. L. |
| Copyright Year | 1983 |
| Description | The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a herpes virus that has the capacity to infect human B cells and to induce them to secrete immunoglobulin (Ig). In the current experiments, Poisson analysis of limiting dilution cultures has been used to study the activation of human peripheral B cells by the B95-8 strain of EBV. Under the culture conditions used, 0.2-1% of peripheral blood B cells were activated by EBV to secrete IgM or IgG. In addition, when multiple replicate cultures containing limited numbers of B cells were tested for IgM and for IgG production, the precursors for IgM and IgG segregated independently; thus, individual B cell precursors matured into cells secreting IgM or IgG but not both classes of Ig. Additional experiments using limiting dilutions of EBV were undertaken to study the viral requirements for B cell activation. These studies indicated that B cell activation by EBV to produce Ig was consistent with a "one-hit" model and inconsistent with a "two-hit" model. Taken together, these results indicate that infection by one EBV virion is sufficient to induce a precursor peripheral blood B cell to secrete Ig and that only one isotype of Ig is then secreted. |
| Related Links | http://jem.rupress.org/content/157/1/1.full.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2186914/pdf |
| DOI | 10.1084/jem.157.1.1 |
| Journal | The Journal of experimental medicine |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 157 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Rockefeller University Press |
| Publisher Date | 1983-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Virology Virus Model Igm Igg Ebv Epstein Barr Immunoglobulin Limiting Dilutions Journal: The Journal of experimental medicine (Vol- 157, Issue- 1) |
| Content Type | Text |