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SUBMITTER: Ogembo JG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3633082 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ogembo Javier G JG Kannan Lakshmi L Ghiran Ionita I Nicholson-Weller Anne A Finberg Robert W RW Tsokos George C GC Fingeroth Joyce D JD
Cell reports 20130214 2
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) attachment to primary B cells initiates virus entry. Although CD21 is the only known receptor for EBVgp350/220, a recent report documents EBV-infected B cells from a patient genetically deficient in CD21. On normal resting B cells, CD21 forms two membrane complexes: one with CD19 and another with CD35. Whereas the CD21/CD19 complex is widely retained on immortalized and B cell tumor lines, the related complement-regulatory protein CD35 is lost. To determine the role(s) o ...[more]