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Mutations in early follicular lymphoma progenitors are associated with suppressed antigen presentation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Mar 2015
Green Michael R, Kihira Shingo, Liu Chih Long, Nair Ramesh V, Salari Raheleh, Gentles Andrew J, Irish Jonathan, Stehr Henning, Vicente-Dueñas Carolina, Romero-Camarero Isabel, Sanchez-Garcia Isidro, Plevritis Sylvia K, Arber Daniel A, Batzoglou Serafim, Levy Ronald, Alizadeh Ash A
Abstract excerpt
Follicular lymphoma (FL) is incurable with conventional therapies and has a clinical course typified by multiple relapses after therapy. These tumors are genetically characterized by B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 (BCL2) translocation and mutation of genes involved in chromatin modification. By analyzing purified tumor cells, we identified additional novel recurrently mutated genes and confirmed mutations of one or...
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