Deviated VH4 immunoglobulin gene usage is found among thyroid mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas, similar to the usage at other sites, but is not found in thyroid diffuse large B-cell lymphomas

Modern Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1578-1584

  Sato, Yumiko ^a   Nakamura, Naoya ^b   Nakamura, Satoko ^a   Sakugawa, Sumie ^c   Ichimura, Koichi ^a   Tanaka, Takehiro ^a   Ohara, Nobuya ^a   Oka, Takeshi ^a   Kondo, Eisaku ^a   Yoshino, Tadashi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Okayama Citizens Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma; Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma; PCR; RT PCR; Thyroid gland; VH family

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 11; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TUMOR; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LARGE INTESTINE TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTIPLEX REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOMACH LYMPHOMA; THYROID CANCER; VH1 IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; VH3 IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; VH4 IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE;

EID: 33751230457     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800692     Document Type: Article

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