Establishing and characterizing a new primary effusion lymphoma cell line harboring Kaposi’s sarcoma–associated herpesvirus

• Published in: Infectious agents and cancer Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 37
• Main Authors: Osawa, Madori, Mine, Sohtaro, Ota, Shinichiro, Kato, Kengo, Sekizuka, Tsuyoshi, Kuroda, Makoto, Kataoka, Michiyo, Fukumoto, Hitomi, Sato, Yuko, Kanno, Takayuki, Hasegawa, Hideki, Ueda, Keiji, Fukayama, Masashi, Maeda, Takuya, Kanoh, Soichiro, Kawana, Akihiko, Fujikura, Yuji, Katano, Harutaka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 17.08.2016; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Care and treatment; Complications and side effects; Epstein-Barr virus; Herpesviruses; Kaposi's sarcoma; Physiological aspects; Cell line; Primary effusion lymphoma; KSHV; PEL; Kaposi’s sarcoma–associated herpesvirus

Primary effusion lymphoma is a rare distinct large B-cell neoplasm that is associated with Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) infection. Over recent years, 9 KSHV-positive/Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-negative PEL cell lines have been established. Tumor cells were collected from the ple...