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Progressive immunoglobulin gene mutations in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: evidence for antigen-driven intraclonal diversification.
Blood - 15 Feb 2007
Volkheimer Alicia D, Weinberg J Brice, Beasley Bethany E, Whitesides John F, Gockerman Jon P, Moore Joseph O, Kelsoe Garnett, Goodman Barbara K, Levesque Marc C
Abstract excerpt
Somatic mutations of immunoglobulin genes characterize mature memory B cells, and intraclonal B-cell diversification is typically associated with expansion of B-cell clones with greater affinity for antigen (antigen drive). Evidence for a role of antigen in progression of intraclonal chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cell diversification in patients with mutated immunoglobulin genes has not been previously...
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