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Surface IgM of CLL cells displays unusual glycans indicative of engagement of antigen in vivo.
Blood - 27 May 2010
Krysov Sergey, Potter Kathleen N, Mockridge C Ian, Coelho Vania, Wheatley Isla, Packham Graham, Stevenson Freda K
Abstract excerpt
Surface IgM (sIgM) has a key influence on the clinical behavior of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). We now report that it exists in 2 forms with different N-glycosylation patterns in the mu-constant region. One glycoform is similar to normal B cells in bearing mature complex glycans common to most cell-surface glycoproteins. The other is an immature mannosylated form more characteristic of mu chains in the...
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