Among B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, MALT lymphomas express a unique antibody repertoire with frequent rheumatoid factor reactivity

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 201, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1229-1241

  Bende, Richard J ^a   Aarts, Wilhelmina M ^a   Riedl, Robert G ^a   De Jong, Daphne ^b   Pals, Steven T ^a   Van Noesel, Carel J M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 18244385722     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20050068     Document Type: Article

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