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Rearrangement, hypermutation, and possible preferential use of a VH5 gene, VH32, in a Hodgkin's cell line.
Hematopathology and molecular hematology - 1 Jan 2000
Messineo C, Coupland R, Bakhshi A, Raffeld M, Irving S G, Bagg A, Cossman J
Abstract excerpt
Nonrandom use of immunoglobulin variable (V) gene segments is a feature of some B-cell neoplasms, possibly as a consequence of antigen selection. In Hodgkin's disease, the primary tissues, cell lines, and even single Reed-Sternberg cells can carry immunoglobulin gene rearrangements. Here, we examined the immunoglobulin heavy-chain genes of a well-characterized Hodgkin's-derived cell line, L428, and found a...
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