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. 2000 May;74(9):4139–4145. doi: 10.1128/jvi.74.9.4139-4145.2000

TABLE 1.

Susceptibility of cell lines to different strains of MV

Cell line Species Derivation CPE by MV strain
Edmonston KA
B95a Marmoset Adherent subline of B95-8 + +
Vero Monkey Kidney +
HeLa Human Cervical carcinoma +
BHK-21 Hamster Kidney a
RK13 Rabbit Kidney a
CHO Hamster Ovary
CHO/pME18S Hamster CHO transfected with the expression vector
CHO/CD46 Hamster CHO transfected with human CD46 cDNA +
L Mouse Connective tissue a
L.Neo Mouse L transfected with the expression vector a
L.CD46.1 Mouse L transfected with human CD46 cDNA +
B95-8 Marmoset EBV-transformed B cell + +
Raji Human Burkitt's lymphoma (EBV positive) + +
Daudi Human Burkitt's lymphoma (EBV positive) +b
Ramos Human Burkitt's lymphoma (EBV negative) + +
BJAB Human Burkitt's lymphoma (EBV negative) +
BJAB-B95-8 Human EBV-infected line of BJAB + +
MT-2 Human HTLV-1-transformed cord blood cell + +
C91/PL Human HTLV-1-transformed cord blood cell + +
Jurkat Human T-cell leukemia +
MOLT-4 Human T-cell leukemia +
THP-1 Human Monocytic leukemia +
U-937 Human Histiocytic lymphoma (macrophage) +
HL-60 Human Promyelocytic leukemia +
RMA Mouse T-cell lymphoma
EL4 Mouse T-cell lymphoma
a

The Edmonston strain of MV caused a few giant cells on these nonprimate cell lines when infected at a high MOI (>10). 

b

CPE caused by the Edmonston strain of MV was weaker on Daudi than CPE on other human cell lines in suspension.