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CD1d expression as a prognostic marker for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Feb 2014
Anastasiadis Athanasios, Kotsianidis Ioannis, Papadopoulos Vasileios, Spanoudakis Emmanouil, Margaritis Dimitrios, Christoforidou Anna, Gouliamtzi Stamatoula, Tsatalas Costas
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed the expression of CD1d, an antigen-presenting molecule, on peripheral blood leukemic cells of cases of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) by flow cytometry. We demonstrated variable expression of CD1d on leukemic lymphocytes and an association between high expression of CD1d with shorter time to treatment and overall survival of patients. CD1d was positively associated with CD38 expression, but not...
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