A UNIQUE ANTIGEN ON MATURE B-CELLS DEFINED BY A MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY Link, M. P., Bindl, J., MEEKER, T. C., CARSWELL, C., DOSS, C. A., Warnke, R. A., Levy, R. 1986; 137 (9): 3013-3018

Abstract

A novel 42,000 dalton antigen (MB-1) expressed by mature human B cells in blood and tonsil was identified and characterized by utilizing a hybridoma monoclonal antibody. A comparison of MB-1 with other known B cell antigens suggests that the MB-1 antigen has not been previously identified. From one-and two-color immunofluorescence studies, it appears that the MB-1 antigen is found on all normal immunoglobulin (Ig)-expressing cells, but not on T cells, thymocytes, granulocytes, or platelets. Studies of malignant B cell tumors reveal that the antigen is expressed by virtually all Ig-expressing B cell tumors but only 10% of SIg- B-lineage leukemias. Data from these studies suggest that the MB-1 antigen is expressed late in B cell ontogeny before the expression of SIg.

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