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Variable heavy chain gene analysis of follicular lymphomas: correlation between heavy chain isotype expression and somatic mutation load.
Blood - 1 May 2000
Aarts W M, Bende R J, Steenbergen E J, Kluin P M, Ooms E C, Pals S T, van Noesel C J
Abstract excerpt
The expansion of follicular lymphomas (FLs) resembles, both morphologically and functionally, normal germinal center B-cell growth. The tumor cells proliferate in networks of follicular dendritic cells and are believed to be capable of somatic hypermutation and isotype switching. To investigate the relation between somatic mutation and heavy chain isotype expression, we analyzed the variable heavy (V(H)) chain...
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