Article
Isotype switch variants reveal clonally related subpopulations in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Blood - 1 Oct 2000
Ottensmeier C H, Stevenson F K
Abstract excerpt
Primary diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) are aggressive tumors accounting for approximately 40% of B-cell malignancies. The immunoglobulin (Ig) variable region genes have undergone rearrangement and are commonly somatically mutated. The majority show intraclonal variation which indicates that somatic mutation has continued after transformation. Typically, cells of DLBCLs express Ig of a single isotype, but...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin A
- Immunoglobulin D
- Immunoglobulin G
- Immunoglobulin Isotypes
