title: Human lymphocyte markers defined by antibodies derived from somatic cell hybrids. I. A hybridoma secreting antibody against a marker specific for human B lymphocytes.
abstract: A hybridoma has been isolated from the products of fusion of a myeloma cell line with spleen cells from mice immunized with a human B cell line. After cloning, the hybridoma secretes antibody with the following properties: (i) Human B-lymphoblastoid cell lines react with the antibody while T and null cell lines do not. (ii) The antibody reacts with the majority of leucocytes in the blood of patients with CLL, but with a minority of cells in the blood of patients with AML or ALL of the null or T type. (iii) The antibody reacts with 9-21% of mononuclear cells in normal peripheral blood. The reacting cells are not T cells and overlap extensively with cells identified as B cells by other markers. The antigen identified by this antibody appears to be distinct from known B cell markers, and is put forward as a new B cell marker with diagnostic potential.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000921:Antibody-Producing Cells; D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum / Q000276:immunology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002999:Clone Cells; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000473:pathology; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000276:immunology; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell