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Antigen-driven oligoclonal expansion of tumor-infiltrating B cells in infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Aug 2002
Coronella Julia A, Spier Catherine, Welch Matthew, Trevor Katrina T, Stopeck Alison T, Villar Hugo, Hersh Evan M
Abstract excerpt
The objective of this study was to determine whether tumor-infiltrating B cells (TIL-B) of infiltrating ductal carcinoma (IDC) of the breast represent a tumor-specific humoral immune response. Immunohistochemical analysis of three Her-2/neu-negative IDC tumors from geriatric patients showed that TIL-B cluster in structures similar to germinal centers containing CD20(+) B lymphocyte and CD3(+) T lymphocyte zones...
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