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Massive parallel IGHV gene sequencing reveals a germinal center pathway in origins of human multiple myeloma.
Oncotarget - 30 May 2015
Cowan Graeme, Weston-Bell Nicola J, Bryant Dean, Seckinger Anja, Hose Dirk, Zojer Niklas, Sahota Surinder S
Abstract excerpt
Human multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by accumulation of malignant terminally differentiated plasma cells (PCs) in the bone marrow (BM), raising the question when during maturation neoplastic transformation begins. Immunoglobulin IGHV genes carry imprints of clonal tumor history, delineating somatic hypermutation (SHM) events that generally occur in the germinal center (GC). Here, we examine MM-derived...
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