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Somatic hypermutation and mRNA expression levels of the BCL-6 gene in patients with hepatitis C virus-associated lymphoproliferative diseases.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Jul 2007
Hofmann W P, Fernandez B, Herrmann E, Welsch C, Mihm U, Kronenberger B, Feldmann G, Spengler U, Zeuzem S, Sarrazin C
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection leads to mixed cryoglobulinaemia (MC) and B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL). Aberrant somatic hypermutation and deregulation of the oncogene BCL-6 is associated with lymphomagenesis. Recently, HCV was shown to induce BCL-6 mutations in vitro. The BCL-6 gene (area B) was cloned and sequenced from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of 21 chronically HCV-infected...
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