IMMUNOHISTOLOGY OF EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS-ASSOCIATED ANTIGENS IN B CELL DISORDERS FROM IMMUNOCOMPROMISED INDIVIDUALS.
Thomas, J. Alero; HOTCHIN, NEIL A.; ALLDAY, MARTIN J.; AMLOT, PETER; ROSE, MARLENE; YACOUB, MAGDI; CRAWFORD, DOROTHY H.
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Transplantation.
49(5):944-953, May 1990.
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Proliferating B cell lesions developing in a series of immunosuppressed organ transplant recipients and patients with X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome were examined for Epstein-Barr virus and cellular gene expression using immunocytochemistry and immunoblotting techniques. Results indicate that all the lesions examined from the patients in this series expressed Epstein-Barr virus gene products that were consistent with a latent, nonproductive type of infection. No lytic cycle antigens associated with productive viral infection were detected. This pattern is similar to the viral gene expression in normal B cells immortalized by Epstein-Barr virus in vitro. The demonstration in this study of Epstein-Barr virus viral gene expression in posttransplant and X-linked proliferative syndrome B cell disorders provides important new evidence for the primary role of Epstein-Barr virus in the development of these lesions. This is in contrast to the subsidiary role that the Epstein-Barr virus has in the etiology of Burkitt's lymphoma.
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