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Loss of heterozygosity in the Hodgkin-Reed Sternberg cell line L1236.
British journal of cancer - 2 Feb 2001
Staratschek-Jox A, Thomas R K, Zander T, Massoudi N, Kornacker M, Bullerdiek J, Fonatsch C, Diehl V, Wolf J
Abstract excerpt
Hodgkin-Reed Sternberg cells are derived from germinal centre B-cells in most cases. Somatic mutations affecting their rearranged immunoglobulin genes were detected, rendering potential functional rearrangements non-functional. Under physiological conditions such cells would be designated to undergo apoptosis within the germinal centre. In search for the specific transforming event that prevents Hodgkin-Reed...
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