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Targeted overexpression of Bcl-XL in B-lymphoid cells results in lymphoproliferative disease and plasma cell malignancies.
Blood - 1 Apr 2004
Linden Michael, Kirchhof Nicole, Carlson Cathy, Van Ness Brian
Abstract excerpt
Multiple myeloma is an incurable malignancy, and there is currently no mouse model that fully recapitulates the development and progression of the disease. We now describe a transgenic mouse that expresses a Bcl-XL transgene under the control of the 3'kappa immunoglobulin light chain enhancer, which is most active in murine B cells in late developmental stages. These mice developed nonmalignant plasma cell foci...
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