Germinal-center T-helper-cell markers PD-1 and CXCL13 are both expressed by neoplastic cells in angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-41

  Yu, Hongbo ^a   Shahsafaei, Aliakbar ^a   Dorfman, David M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioimmunoblastic lymphoma; CXCL13; Non hodgkin lymphoma; PD 1; T cell lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CXCL13 CHEMOKINE; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN PD 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELL; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TUMOR CELL;

ANTIGENS, CD; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CHEMOKINE CXCL13; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLASTIC LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3D; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 58549117128     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP62WRKERPXDRT     Document Type: Article

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