Oligoclonal TRBV gene usage among CD8+ T cells in monoclonal B lymphocytosis and CLL

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 535-537

  Lanasa, Mark C ^a,b   Allgood, Sallie D ^a   Bond, Karen M ^b   Gockerman, Jon P ^a   Levesque, Marc C ^c   Weinberg, J Brice ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; Monoclonal B lymphocytosis; Spectratyping; T cell repertoire

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INTERACTION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMATIC MUTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA;

EID: 65349149378     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2009.07635.x     Document Type: Letter

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