| Literature DB >> 3876402 |
J L Ambrus, C H Jurgensen, E J Brown, A S Fauci.
Abstract
High molecular weight B cell growth factor (HMW-BCGF) produced by a T cell line was purified to homogeneity and demonstrated to bind specifically to activated human B cells. A monoclonal antibody to HMW-BCGF was developed that (a) specifically inhibited the activity of HMW-BCGF in enhancing B cell proliferation, (b) specifically bound to HMW-BCGF in Western blots, (c) specifically absorbed HMW-BCGF activity from culture supernatants, and (d) specifically absorbed an internally labeled protein from T-ALL supernatant which comigrates with HMW-BCGF on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. This antibody should help in cloning the gene for HMW-BCGF and further exploring the physiologic roles of HMW-BCGF.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3876402 PMCID: PMC2187866 DOI: 10.1084/jem.162.4.1319
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Med ISSN: 0022-1007 Impact factor: 14.307