Article
Cellular origin and extent of clonal involvement in multiple myeloma: genetic and phenotypic studies.
British journal of haematology - 1 Aug 1994
Takishita M, Kosaka M, Goto T, Saito S
Abstract excerpt
The cellular origin and extent of clonal involvement in multiple myeloma (MM) are controversial. The third-complementarity-determining region (CDR3) of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene is the target region of VH replacements and somatic mutations. We analysed the CDR3 sequences of myeloma cells from eight newly diagnosed and three relapsed patients in order to elucidate the target cell of malignant...
Topics
- Aged
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Cell Separation
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- DNA Probes
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
