Establishing and characterizing a CD30-positive cell line harboring HHV-8 from a primary effusion lymphoma

doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(199908)58:4<394::aid-jmv12>3.0.co;2-h

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Establishing and characterizing a CD30-positive cell line harboring HHV-8 from a primary effusion lymphoma

1 Aug 1999

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Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL, or body-cavity-based lymphoma [BCBL]) is a new subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in which tumor cells locate in the body cavity exclusively. PEL/BCBL is widely accepted as one of the neoplastic complications of AIDS, associated mostly with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8/Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus [KSHV]) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). We established and characterized a PEL...

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