scholarly journals The GB Virus C (GBV-C) NS3 Serine Protease Inhibits HIV-1 Replication in a CD4+ T Lymphocyte Cell Line without Decreasing HIV Receptor Expression

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. e30653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L. George ◽  
Dino Varmaz ◽  
John E. Tavis ◽  
Adnan Chowdhury
Blood ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 1068-1072 ◽  
Author(s):  
DW Golde ◽  
SG Quan ◽  
MJ Cline

Abstract We derived a permanent human T lymphocyte cell line that elaborates a potent colony-stimulating activity (CSA). The line was established with spleen cells from a patient with a T lymphocyte variant of hairy-cell leukemia. These cells form rosettes with sheep erythrocytes, show a proliferative response to phytohemagglutinin, and are lysed by antithymocyte globulin. They do not synthesize immunoglobulin, nor do they contain Epstein-Barr virus. CSA is regularly detected in the supernatant medium after 3 days culture. In the presence of PHA there is augmented elaboration of CSA; maximal activity is reached by 2 days and is 20% greater than that produced by a feeder layer of 1 X 10(6) peripheral blood leukocytes. One microliter of the supernatant material stimulated colony formation from the light-density nonadherent fraction of human bone marrow; there was maximal activity between 10 and 50 microliter/ml. Conditioned medium from these cells has little effect in stimulating CFU-C from murine bone marrow. The availability of a human T lymphocyte line producing CSA will provide a source for large quantities of the lymphocyte-derived hormone and permit a definition of factors modulating the interaction of T lymphocytes with granulocyte and monocyte stem cells.


2012 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 327-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadafumi S. Tochikura ◽  
Yuko Naito ◽  
Yasunori Kozutsumi ◽  
Tsutomu Hohdatsu

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