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All Patients with Persistent Polyclonal B Cell Lymphocytosis Present Bcl-2/Ig Gene Rearrangements
1 Jan 1998
Abstract excerpt
The bcl-2 gene belongs to a class of oncogenes involved in the inhibition of apoptosis. Most follicular lymphomas are associated with the t(14;18) translocation that juxtaposes the bcl-2 gene located on chromosome 18 to the immunoglobulin gene locus located on chromosome 14. Consequently, the bcl-2 gene is overly expressed and leads to an accumulation of mature clonal B cells. Prolonged survival of the B cell...
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