Article
Ongoing immunoglobulin gene mutations in mantle cell lymphomas.
British journal of haematology - 1 Jan 1997
Du M Q, Diss T C, Xu C F, Wotherspoon A C, Isaacson P G, Pan L X
Abstract excerpt
Mantle cell lymphomas (MCL) frequently show a vaguely follicular growth pattern. This phenomenon is thought to result from the colonization of reactive B-cell follicles by tumour cells. In view of the unique property of the germinal centre environment, antigen stimulation may play a role in the e...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Translocation, Genetic
