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Thymic function and immunoglobulin mutation genotype in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients.
International journal of cancer - 20 Dec 2003
Nardini Elena, Neri Francesca, Vicenzi Elisa, Poli Guido, Capello Daniela, Gaidano Gianluca, Vitolo Umberto, Ménard Sylvie, Balsari Andrea
Abstract excerpt
B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) is characterized by a profound dysregulation of the host's immune system at both the humoral and cellular level. We investigated to see if this dysregulation could be due partly to thymus dysfunction by quantifying the number of signal joint T-cell receptor excision circles (sjTRECs) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 30 untreated B-CLL patients at diagnosis and...
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