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High expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) and splice variants is a distinctive feature of poor-prognosis chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Blood - 15 Jun 2003
McCarthy Helen, Wierda William G, Barron Lynn L, Cromwell Candy C, Wang Jing, Coombes Kevin R, Rangel Roberto, Elenitoba-Johnson Kojo S J, Keating Michael J, Abruzzo Lynne V
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In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), analysis of immunoglobulin heavy chain variable regions for somatic hypermutation identifies 2 prognostic subsets, mutated and unmutated. Investigators have postulated that unmutated and mutated CLL arises from malignant transformation of pre- and post-germinal center (GC) B cells, respectively. Alternatively, unmutated cases may arise from B cells stimulated by...
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