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Cellular origin and pathophysiology of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 19 Nov 2012
Seifert Marc, Sellmann Ludger, Bloehdorn Johannes, Wein Frederik, Stilgenbauer Stephan, Dürig Jan, Küppers Ralf
Abstract excerpt
The cellular origin of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is still debated, although this information is critical to understanding its pathogenesis. Transcriptome analyses of CLL and the main normal B cell subsets from human blood and spleen revealed that immunoglobulin variable region (IgV) gene unmutated CLL derives from unmutated mature CD5(+) B cells and mutated CLL derives from a distinct, previously...
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