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Structural and functional features of the B-cell receptor in IgG-positive chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Mar 2006
Potter Kathleen N, Mockridge C Ian, Neville Louise, Wheatley Isla, Schenk Michael, Orchard Jennifer, Duncombe Andrew S, Packham Graham, Stevenson Freda K
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: To determine the origin and relationship of the rare IgG+ variant of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) to the two common IgM+IgD+ subsets that are distinguished by expression of unmutated or mutated V(H) genes, with the former having a worse prognosis. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: IgG+ CLL cells were characterized using phenotypic, functional, and immunogenetic analyses. RESULTS: IgG+ CLL was phenotypically...
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