Preferred Label : EBV Immortalized Lymphocytes;
NCIt definition : A biospecimen consisting of lymphocytes that have been isolated from whole blood and
are then infected in vitro by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV; HHV4). The infected cells are
then cultured to select indefinitely proliferating colonies that can be maintained
in tissue culture.;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL977260;
Origin ID : C163993;
UMLS CUI : C5235879;
Semantic type(s)
- Cell [UMLS semantic type]
- concept_is_in_subset
