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L Montagnier, J Gruest, S Chamaret, C Dauguet, C Axler, D Guétard, M T Nugeyre, F Barré-Sinoussi, J C Chermann, J B Brunet.
Abstract
A strain of lymphadenopathy associated retrovirus ( LAV ) passaged in vitro was used to infect a lymphoblastoid cell line obtained by transformation with Epstein-Barr virus of B lymphocytes from a healthy donor. The virus produced from this line (B- LAV ) was also able to grow at a high rate in some other lymphoblastoid lines and in a Burkitt lymphoma line. This adapted strain retained the biochemical, ultrastructural, and antigenic characteristics of the original strain, as well as its tropism for normal T4+ lymphocytes. It is thus possible to grow LAV in large quantities that can be used for the preparation of diagnostic reagents. The interaction between such a human retrovirus and Epstein-Barr virus, a DNA virus, may have some implication for the pathology of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and related diseases.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6328661 DOI: 10.1126/science.6328661
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728