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. 1998 Jun;72(6):5182–5188. doi: 10.1128/jvi.72.6.5182-5188.1998

TABLE 1.

Summary of results of infectivity assays using BCBL-1-derived KSHV virion preparations

Cell origin Cell line or type (description) ORF29 RT-PCR resultc
Lymphoid BL30a (EBV-negative Burkitt’s lymphoma)
BL41a (EBV-negative Burkitt’s lymphoma)
Ramosa (EBV-negative Burkitt’s lymphoma)
BJABa (EBV-negative Burkitt’s lymphoma)
Louckesa (EBV-negative Burkitt’s lymphoma)
Daudia (EBV-positive Burkitt’s lymphoma)
BL41B95-8a (EBV-positive Burkitt’s lymphoma)
Rajia (EBV-positive Burkitt’s lymphoma)
IB4a (EBV positive)
Namalwaa (EBV-positive Burkitt’s lymphoma)
CEMx174 (B-cell–T-cell hybrid)
U937 (monocyte derived)
CD19+ B cellsa,b (primary B cells) +
Endothelial HUVECa (human vascular endothelial cells [HPV transformed])
HMECa (human microvascular endothelial cells [HPV transformed])
AEC (human aortic endothelial cells [HPV transformed])
BB19 (human brain endothelial cells [HPV transformed]) +
181GB1-4 (human brain endothelial cell [HPV transformed]) +
Primary neonatal capillary endothelial cellsa +
Primary adult capillary endothelial cellsa
Mixed primary adult capillary endothelial cellsa
Epithelial HCT-8 (human rectal epithelial [adenocarcinoma])
HT29 (colon epithelial [adenocarcinoma])
343MG (brain epithelial)
OMK637 (owl monkey kidney) +
293a (human kidney) +
Fibroblastoid HUf23 (foreskin fibroblastoid cells)
Veroa (African green monkey kidney)
COS-7 (African green monkey kidney)
BHK-21a (baby hamster kidney) +
Prostate cancer-derived lines BPH-1a
ND-1a
Ln-Capa +
Other cancer-derived lines A549 (human lung carcinoma) +
CHELI (Chediak-Higachi syndrome) +
FaDu (squamous cell carcinoma, pharynx)
RPMI2650 (squamous cell carcinoma, nasal septum)
SCC15 (squamous cell carcinoma, tongue) +
a

Cells were tested in the absence and presence of TPA to induce lytic growth from a possibly latent stage of infection. 

b

Prepared and cultured by the method of Blackbourn et al. (5). 

c

+, positive; −, negative.