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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive pyothorax-associated lymphoma (PAL): chromosomal integration of EBV in a novel CD2-positive PAL B-cell line.
British journal of haematology - 1 Jun 2002
Daibata Masanori, Taguchi Takahiro, Nemoto Yuiko, Saito Tsuyako, Machida Hisanori, Imai Shosuke, Miyoshi Isao, Taguchi Hirokuni
Abstract excerpt
Pyothorax-associated lymphoma (PAL) is a clinico-pathological entity arising in the pleural cavity of patients with long-standing inflammatory pyothorax. PAL is closely associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), but how this virus contributes to the development of the lymphoma is unknown. We have successfully obtained a novel EBV-infected PAL cell line, designated Pal-1. The cell line and its source coexpressed...
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