Article
The role of clonal selection in the pathogenesis of an autoreactive human B cell lymphoma.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 1 Sept 1991
Friedman D F, Cho E A, Goldman J, Carmack C E, Besa E C, Hardy R R, Silberstein L E
Abstract excerpt
To study the association of autoimmunity and human B cell neoplasia, we have established a model of a B cell lymphoma which expresses a pathogenic autoantibody of defined specificity. The Ig VH gene expressed in this neoplasm was analyzed longitudinally using clinical specimens taken from the splenic lymphoma (S) at diagnosis and from lymph node relapses 3 and 4 yr later (N3 and N4). Southern analysis and...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune
- Autoantigens
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Clone Cells
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
