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CD20 mutations involving the rituximab epitope are rare in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas and are not a significant cause of R-CHOP failure.
Haematologica - 1 Mar 2009
Johnson Nathalie A, Leach Stephen, Woolcock Bruce, deLeeuw Ronald J, Bashashati Ali, Sehn Laurie H, Connors Joseph M, Chhanabhai Mukesh, Brooks-Wilson Angela, Gascoyne Randy D
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Rituximab binds an epitope on the CD20 antigen, encompassed in exon 5 of the MS4A1 gene. We sequenced this region and correlated the presence of mutations with CD20 protein expression and response to R-CHOP in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: 264 diagnostic biopsies and 15 biopsies ta...
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