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B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia chemoresistance involves innate and acquired leukemic side population cells.
Leukemia - 1 Nov 2010
Gross E, L'Faqihi-Olive F-E, Ysebaert L, Brassac M, Struski S, Kheirallah S, Fournié J-J, Laurent G, Quillet-Mary A
Abstract excerpt
B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) therapy remains unsatisfactory due to repeated resurgences of the chemoresistant disease. In this study, we investigated the basis of this chemoresistance by applying the 'side population' (SP) analysis to blood samples from B-CLL patients. We report the existence of few natural SP cells, which harbors phenotypic and cytogenetic hallmarks of B-CLL in most patients with...
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