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Effect of 51p1-related gene copy number (V1-69 locus) on production of hepatitis C-associated cryoglobulins.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jan 2001
Sasso E H, Ghillani P, Musset L, Piette J C, Cacoub P
Abstract excerpt
Monoclonal IgM in type II mixed cryoglobulins (MC) preferentially use 51p1-related immunoglobulin VH genes. In normal preimmune B lymphocytes, 51p1-related gene expression is proportional to the germ-line gene dosage, which can be 0-4. To determine whether 51p1-related gene dosage influences the occurrence of type II MC or the VH gene bias in cryoglobulin IgM, we studied 47 patients chronically infected with...
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