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Molecular insights into the immunopathogenesis of follicular lymphoma.
Immunology today - 1 Jun 2000
Stamatopoulos K, Kosmas C, Belessi C, Stavroyianni N, Kyriazopoulos P, Papadaki T
Abstract excerpt
Follicular lymphoma is caused by the transformation of a germinal-center-derived B cell with a t(14;18) chromosomal translocation. The distribution of somatic mutations within immunoglobulin genes indicates that follicular-lymphoma cells can interact with antigen. In addition, nonimmunoglobulin genes such as BCL6 seem to undergo somatic hypermutation. Here, Kostas Stamatopoulos and colleagues relate the molecular...
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