Abstract
We describe a simple one-step technique for the growth of human B cell colonies in semi-solid agar in vitro. This method used conditioned medium from the human plasmacytoma cell line LICR-LON-H My 2 as a source of stimulating activity. A linear relationship exists between the number of B cells seeded and the number of colonies formed (r = 0.95). Most colony forming cells, approximately 1 in 500 of B cells seeded, lack surface immunoglobulin, possess Fc receptors and mark with the Leu 12 monoclonal antibody. Cells within developing colonies are found to have cytoplasmic IgM, IgA and IgG depending on the length of time in culture.
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