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Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma/Waldenström's macroglobulinemia derives from an extensively hypermutated B cell that lacks ongoing somatic hypermutation.
Leukemia research - 1 Jul 2005
Walsh Sarah H, Laurell Anna, Sundström Gunnel, Roos Göran, Sundström Christer, Rosenquist Richard
Abstract excerpt
Lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL) is a rare lymphoma thought to originate from a B cell stimulated to differentiate to a plasma cell, and which is usually accompanied by clonal IgM secretion, defining the diagnosis of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WM). However, the immunoglobulin variable heavy chain (VH) gene usage and the somatic hypermutation status have not been widely investigated in LPL. LPL biopsies...
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