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2838779

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-8-3
pubmed:abstractText
Human T cells immortalized by human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV)-I and HTLV-II express the genes encoding both chains of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF). These cells produce biologically active PDGF-like molecules of 31 and 32 kD, identified in the conditioned media of the virus-infected cells by direct immunoprecipitation, under non-reducing conditions, with antisera to PDGF. Upon reduction, the PDGF-like molecules are converted to mitogenically inactive single chains of 14 and 15 kD. The HTLV-transformed cells produce PDGF-like molecules regardless of their ability to produce viral particles. No PDGF-related mRNAs, PDGF-like proteins, nor PDGF-like mitogenic activity were detected in normal human T cells stimulated by phytohemagglutinin or in a T cell line which is not infected by HTLV. It is possible that one of the pathways of immortalization of T cells by HTLV-I or II might be by activation of PDGF-related genes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
285-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Synthesis of PDGF by cultured human T cells transformed with HTLV-I and II.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Blood Research, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't