title: A method for production of antibodies to human T-cell receptor beta-chain variable regions.
abstract: Mouse T-cell hybridomas bearing human V beta elements were produced by transfection of human/mouse hybrid T-cell receptor beta-chain genes into a mouse T-cell hybridoma lacking an endogenous beta-chain gene. These hybridomas were entirely mouse in origin except for the human V beta region. These cells were used to immunize mice against human V beta elements. Mouse monoclonal antibodies have thus been generated against human V beta 13.1 and -13.2. We expect that the method outlined in this paper will be useful in the production of monoclonal antibodies specific for other human V beta or V alpha elements.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Denver, CO.
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kotzin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lafferty
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pigeon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kappler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marrack
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001483:Base Sequence; D015333:Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins