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EBV transformation overrides gene expression patterns of B cell differentiation stages.
Molecular immunology - 1 Jun 2008
Siemer Dörte, Kurth Julia, Lang Stephan, Lehnerdt Götz, Stanelle Jens, Küppers Ralf
Abstract excerpt
EBV-associated Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and some post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) cases originate from pro-apoptotic germinal center (GC) B cells that have acquired destructive somatic Ig V gene mutations and were presumably rescued from apoptosis by EBV. To find out whether B cell receptor-crippled GC B cells acquire features of HL and/or PTLD cells upon EBV-infection and to reveal the impact of...
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