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Epstein-Barr virus infection of naïve B cells in vitro frequently selects clones with mutated immunoglobulin genotypes: implications for virus biology.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Jan 2012
Heath Emily, Begue-Pastor Noelia, Chaganti Sridhar, Croom-Carter Debbie, Shannon-Lowe Claire, Kube Dieter, Feederle Regina, Delecluse Henri-Jacques, Rickinson Alan B, Bell Andrew I
Abstract excerpt
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a lymphomagenic human herpesvirus, colonises the host through polyclonal B cell-growth-transforming infections yet establishes persistence only in IgD⁺ CD27⁺ non-switched memory (NSM) and IgD⁻ CD27⁺ switched memory (SM) B cells, not in IgD⁺ CD27⁻ naïve (N) cells. How this selectivity is achieved remains poorly understood. Here we show that purified N, NSM and SM cell preparations are...
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