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. 1974 May 1;139(5):1070–1076. doi: 10.1084/jem.139.5.1070

EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS-NEGATIVE HUMAN MALIGNANT T-CELL LINES

Joseph Kaplan 1, Thomas C Shope 1, Ward D Peterson Jr 1
PMCID: PMC2139653  PMID: 4363409

Abstract

Two lymphoblastoid lines, CCRF-CEM and HSB-2, with properties of malignant cells, derived from children with leukemia secondary to lymphosarcoma, have T-cell properties and lack Epstein-Barr virus antigens.

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