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Molecular analysis of the IL-6 receptor in human multiple myeloma, an IL-6-related disease.
FEBS letters - 21 Mar 1994
Rodriguez C, Theillet C, Portier M, Bataille R, Klein B
Abstract excerpt
A PCR-SSCP approach was used to search for mutations in IL-6 receptor genes in 9 human plasma cell lines (HMCL) and in tumor plasma cells from 19 patients with fulminating multiple myeloma, an IL-6-related disease. Whereas no mutation was found in the cytokine receptor homologous (CRH) domain of IL-6R alpha, DNA and RNA polymorphisms in the gp130 CRH domain was detected in tumoral samples as well as in blood...
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