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T-cell independent, B-cell receptor-mediated induction of telomerase activity differs among IGHV mutation-based subgroups of chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients.
Blood - 20 Sept 2012
Damle Rajendra N, Temburni Sonal, Banapour Taraneh, Paul Santanu, Mongini Patricia K A, Allen Steven L, Kolitz Jonathan E, Rai Kanti R, Chiorazzi Nicholas
Abstract excerpt
Although B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) clones with unmutated IGHV genes (U-CLL) exhibit greater telomerase activity than those with mutated IGHV genes (M-CLL), the extent to which B-cell receptor (BCR) triggering contributes to telomerase up-regulation is not known. Therefore, we studied the effect of BCR stimulation on modulating telomerase activity. The multivalent BCR ligand, dextran conjugated...
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