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Clonal expansion in follicular lymphoma occurs subsequent to antigenic selection.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 1 Oct 1992
Zelenetz A D, Chen T T, Levy R
Abstract excerpt
The genesis of human follicular lymphoma (FL) is a multistep process. The initial event is thought to be the chromosomal translocation t(14;18)(q32;q21) juxtaposing the bcl-2 proto-oncogene with the immunoglobulin (Ig) H chain locus joining segment (JH) as an error of D-J or V-D joining in the pre-B cell. However, FL is recognized clinically as a tumor of surface Ig (sIg)-positive B cells with morphologic and...
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