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CD68+/CD83+/CD1a- dendritic cell subsets from patients with multiple myeloma are not infected with human herpesvirus 8.
Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) - 1 Aug 2000
Rasmussen T, Dahl I M, Jensen L, Johnsen H E
Abstract excerpt
Recently, a subset of dendritic cells with the phenotype CD68+/CD83+/CD1a-, present in patients with multiple myeloma (MM), was reported to be infected with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8). Therefore we wished to clarify whether HHV-8 infection might be related to the pathogenesis of MM. In an attempt to identify HHV-8 infected cells in patients with MM, long-term bone marrow cultures from 8 MM patients and dendritic...
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