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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-7-8
pubmed:abstractText
Peripheral blood lymphocytes from antibody-producing Rh- donors were fused with mouse myeloma cells, and the hybrids were screened for anti-Rh antibody production. Although the resulting hybrids were not stable in long-term culture, they provided a useful test system for an investigation of ways to stimulate human lymphocytes in vitro before fusion in order to maximize the recovery of hybrids producing antibodies with a desired specificity. Although 6-day culture with PWM or with antigen (Rh+ erythrocytes) increased slightly the yield of desired hybrids, exposure of the PBL to antigen in the presence of human endothelial cells was dramatically more effective. This effect was not produced with endothelial cell culture supernatants (HECS) that had been shown previously to enhance hybridoma growth. Culture of PBL before fusion with both PWM and antigen also improved the proportion of active hybridomas, and incubation with antigen plus endothelial cells plus PWM resulted in a very high number of hybridomas, with a very high proportion producing antibody to the immunizing antigen. There are several alternatives to explain the mechanisms involved, but in any case, the technique should be particularly useful when the possibility of fusion of human PBL with a human myeloma line becomes more widely available.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
128
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2539-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Antibody-Producing Cells, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Cell Fusion, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Endothelium, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Female, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Hybridomas, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Isoantibodies, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Male, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Multiple Myeloma, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Pokeweed Mitogens, pubmed-meshheading:6804563-Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Increase of hybridoma formation by human lymphocytes after stimulation in vitro; effect of antigen, endothelial cells, and PWM.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article