title: Epstein-Barr virus-induced lymphoblastoid cell lines from seropositive adult donors and their HLA-antigens.
abstract: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-induced lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCL) were established from seropositive adult Japanese donors. HLA-A, -B, -C and -DR antigens expressed on these EBV-LCL cells were identical to those of peripheral blood lymphocytes. There were no extra reactions upon DR typing; the extra reactivity in A, B and C typing was due to contaminating DR antibodies in the typing sera. In one-way mixed lymphocyte reactions with a stimulator : responder ratio between 1 : 10 and 1 : 20, autologous EBV-LCL exhibited low stimulation which could be distinguished from that of unrelated combinations. EBV-LCL may be useful for the screening of anti-DR antisera and as targets in cell-mediated lympholysis. Furthermore, EBV-LCL established from homozygous typing cells may be useful in HLA-D typing.
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens