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Unexpected effects of the severe combined immunodeficiency mutation on murine lymphomagenesis.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 1 Aug 1992
Lieberman M, Hansteen G A, Waller E K, Weissman I L, Sen-Majumdar A
Abstract excerpt
Strain C.B17 scid/scid (SCID) mice, which lack functional T and B lymphocytes, show heightened susceptibility to the induction of thymic lymphomas by x-irradiation. Susceptibility is highest in thymus-chimeric SCID-BL mice (thymectomized SCID mice bearing a C57BL thymus graft). All SCID-BL lymphomas originate in the cells of the thymic graft (C57BL type) and lack murine leukemia virus expression. Both SCID and...
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