title: Pathways of human B-lymphocyte activation blocked by B-cell specific monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: The data presented in this report demonstrate that antibodies directed against B-cell specific surface antigens can block different modes of B-cell activation. The anti-CD 19 antibody HD37 strongly blocks the stimulation of thymidine incorporation induced by anti-mu and MLR supernatant and also partially inhibits the growth of long-term EBV-transformed cell lines. The anti-CD20 antibody B1, on the other hand, has little effect on anti-mu activation but prevents the stimulation of thymidine incorporation and transformation by EBV. We conclude that different mechanisms operate during B-cell activation by anti-mu and EBV involving different B-cell surface molecules.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, U.K.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Golay
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D019309:Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007148:Immunoglobulin mu-Chains / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D019309:Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens; D007148:Immunoglobulin mu-Chains; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens