Search for epstein‐barr and type c oncornaviruses in systemic lupus erythematosus
1979
Lymphoblastoid cell lines were derived from patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus by allowing spontaneous transformation of peripheral B lymphocytes (B cells) harboring endogenous Epstein-Barr virus or by superinfecting peripheral lymphocytes with exogeneous Epstein-Barr virus. Results of extensive studies aimed at identifying type C oncornaviruses in these lymphoblastoid cells were entirely negative by electron microscopy, DNA-DNA hybridization, reverse transcriptase assays, and cocultivation experiments. These results do not support the postulated association of oncornavirus infection in human systemic erythematosus.
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