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Molecular single-cell analysis of Hodgkin- and Reed-Sternberg cells harboring unmutated immunoglobulin variable region genes.
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology - 1 Mar 2001
Müschen M, Küppers R, Spieker T, Bräuninger A, Rajewsky K, Hansmann M L
Abstract excerpt
Hodgkin- and Reed-Sternberg (H/RS) cells in classical Hodgkin's disease of the B lineage are the clonal progeny of antigen-experienced B cells harboring highly mutated immunoglobulin variable (V) region genes. Based on the detection of obviously destructive somatic mutations in a fraction of cases, we speculated that H/RS cells may be derived from a pre-apoptotic germinal center B cell. Seemingly contradicting...
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