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Circulating PIG-A mutant T lymphocytes in healthy adults and patients with bone marrow failure syndromes.
Experimental hematology - 1 Dec 2001
Ware R E, Pickens C V, DeCastro C M, Howard T A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a clonal hematological disorder with acquired PIG-A gene mutations and absent surface expression of proteins utilizing glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors. PNH often follows aplastic anemia, suggesting PIG-A mutant cells have relative dominance over normal hematopoietic cells. Somatic PIG-A mutations could arise after aplasia, or healthy persons could...
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