Herpes-type virus and chromosome marker in normal leukocytes after growth with irradiated Burkitt cells

Science. 1967 Sep 1;157(3792):1064-5. doi: 10.1126/science.157.3792.1064.

Abstract

Cultured cells derived from male patients with Burkitt's lymphoma and harboring herpes-type virus particles were lethally irradiated. These irradiated cells induced normal peripheral leukocytes of female infants to grow within 2 to 4 weeks after mixed cultivation. Cells of a line free of this agent failed to stimulate growth. If either type of cell was cultured separately, it did not survive under the experimental conditions. Herpes-type viral antigen and C-group chromosomal marker previously described in cultured Burkitt cells were found in all of the female cell cultures that were obtained.

MeSH terms

  • Burkitt Lymphoma
  • Chromosomes*
  • Culture Techniques
  • Female
  • Herpesviridae* / immunology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Karyotyping
  • Leukocytes / cytology*
  • Leukocytes / radiation effects
  • Lymphoma*
  • Radiation Effects