Article
Diffuse large cell lymphomas are derived from mature B cells carrying V region genes with a high load of somatic mutation and evidence of selection for antibody expression.
European journal of immunology - 1 Jun 1997
Küppers R, Rajewsky K, Hansmann M L
Abstract excerpt
In the Revised European American Lymphoma (REAL) classification, several subtypes of high-grade lymphomas were combined in the entity diffuse large cell lymphoma (DLL). In the present study, a total of 19 cases of DLL (10 cases of centroblastic lymphoma, 5 cases of mediastinal B cell lymphoma, 2...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antibody Formation
- B-Lymphocytes
- Base Sequence
- Cell Differentiation
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Humans
