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Decreased susceptibility of leukemic cells with PIG-A mutation to natural killer cells in vitro.
Blood - 1 Aug 2002
Nagakura Shoichi, Ishihara Sonoko, Dunn Daniel E, Nishimura Jun-ichi, Kawaguchi Tatsuya, Horikawa Kentaro, Hidaka Michihiro, Kagimoto Tadashi, Eto Nozomu, Mitsuya Hiroaki, Kinoshita Taroh, Young Neal S, Nakakuma Hideki
Abstract excerpt
The cloning of the PIG-A gene has facilitated the unraveling of the complex pathophysiology of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). Of current major concern is the mechanism by which a PNH clone expands. Many reports have suggested that an immune mechanism operates to cause bone marrow failure in some patients with PNH, aplastic anemia, and myelodysplastic syndromes. Because blood cells of PNH phenotype are...
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