Article
Profiling of Hodgkin's lymphoma cell line L1236 and germinal center B cells: identification of Hodgkin's lymphoma-specific genes.
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) - 1 Jan 2000
Schwering Ines, Bräuninger Andreas, Distler Verena, Jesdinsky Julia, Diehl Volker, Hansmann Martin-Leo, Rajewsky Klaus, Küppers Ralf
Abstract excerpt
The malignant cells of classical Hodgkin's lymphoma (cHL), Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells, appear to be derived from germinal center (GC) B cells in most cases of the disease. Apart from recent findings of constitutive activation of some transcription factors and autocrine stimulation by cytokine receptors, the mechanisms of malignant transformation in cHL still remain poorly understood. We performed a...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
