PMID- 2825846 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19880220 LR - 20210216 IS - 0006-4971 (Print) IS - 0006-4971 (Linking) VI - 71 IP - 1 DP - 1988 Jan TI - Establishment of a new Epstein-Barr virus-immortalized cell line from chronic lymphocytic leukemia with trisomy of chromosome 12 that produces monoclonal IgM against a sheep RBC antigen. PG - 9-12 AB - Leukemia cells from a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) were found to bind sheep RBC (SRBC) through their monoclonal surface IgM. A lymphoblastoid cell line was obtained by immortalization of leukemic cells with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Cultured leukemic cells were found to have a supernumerary chromosome 12, an abnormality typical of CLL of the B cell type. To our knowledge, this is the first EBV-immortalized cell line from B-CLL cells of known SRBC specificity and the third reported CLL cell line carrying trisomy of chromosome 12. FAU - Crescenzi, M AU - Crescenzi M AD - Department of Clinical Immunology, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy. FAU - Napolitano, M AU - Napolitano M FAU - Carbonari, M AU - Carbonari M FAU - Antonelli, A AU - Antonelli A FAU - Petrinelli, P AU - Petrinelli P FAU - Gaetano, C AU - Gaetano C FAU - Fiorilli, M AU - Fiorilli M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Blood JT - Blood JID - 7603509 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (Antigens, Surface) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin M) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/*immunology MH - Antibodies, Neoplasm/*immunology MH - Antigens, Surface/immunology MH - B-Lymphocytes/*immunology/ultrastructure MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Transformation, Viral MH - *Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12 MH - Erythrocytes/immunology MH - Female MH - Herpesvirus 4, Human MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin M/*immunology MH - Leukemia, Lymphoid/genetics/immunology/*pathology MH - Middle Aged MH - Rosette Formation MH - Sheep/immunology MH - Trisomy MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured/*immunology/ultrastructure EDAT- 1988/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 1988/01/01 00:01 CRDT- 1988/01/01 00:00 PHST- 1988/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1988/01/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1988/01/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-4971(20)78216-9 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - Blood. 1988 Jan;71(1):9-12.