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MYC overexpression imposes a nonimmunogenic phenotype on Epstein-Barr virus-infected B cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 2 Apr 2002
Staege Martin S, Lee Steven P, Frisan Teresa, Mautner Josef, Scholz Siegfried, Pajic Alexander, Rickinson Alan B, Masucci Maria G, Polack Axel, Bornkamm Georg W
Abstract excerpt
Lymphoblastoid cell lines, generated by immortalization of normal B cells by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in vitro, have strong antigen-presenting capacity, are sensitive to EBV-specific cytotoxic T cells, and are highly allostimulatory in mixed lymphocyte culture. By contrast, EBV-positive Burkitt lymphoma (BL) cells are poor antigen presenters, are not recognized by EBV-specific cytotoxic T cells, and are poorly...
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