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Primary central nervous system lymphomas are derived from germinal-center B cells and show a preferential usage of the V4-34 gene segment.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Dec 1999
Montesinos-Rongen M, Küppers R, Schlüter D, Spieker T, Van Roost D, Schaller C, Reifenberger G, Wiestler O D, Deckert-Schlüter M
Abstract excerpt
Primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSLs) have recently received considerable clinical attention due to their increasing incidence. To clarify the histogenetic origin of these intriguing neoplasms, PCNSLs from 10 HIV-negative patients were analyzed for immunoglobulin (Ig) gene rearrangements. All tumors exhibited clonal IgH gene rearrangements. Of the 10 cases, 5 used the V4-34 gene segment, and all of...
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