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Table 2 Characterization of cell lines

From: Epstein Barr virus DNA analysis in blood predicts disease progression in a rare case of plasmablastic lymphoma with effusion

Cell line

Date/biopsy (yymmdd)

Source

HIV-1

HHV-8

EBV

Ig-rearrangement*

Ig-expression

Phenotype

Karyotype/aberration in chromosome no

I

971001

Ascites

-

-

+/ latency III

+ 87-92kD

+ kappa

LCL

Diploid

II

980526

Pleura

-

-

+/ latency I

+ 87–92 kD/108 kD

+ kappa

BL

Chr 1, 3, 6, 7, 11 and 15.

III

980626

Pleura

-

-

+/ latency I

+ 87-92kD/108 kD

+ kappa

BL

Chr 1, 3, 6, 7, 11 and 15.

  1. * clonal rearranged Ig-heavy chain locus fragments detected by PCR.