A novel chronic lymphocytic leukemia subset expressing mutated IGHV3-7-encoded rheumatoid factor B-cell receptors that are functionally proficient

Leukemia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 738-740

  Hoogeboom, R ^a   Wormhoudt, T A ^a   Schipperus, M R ^b   Langerak, A W ^c   Dunn Walters, D K ^d   Guikema, J E J ^a   Bende, R J ^a   Van Noesel, C J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Hematology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MONOCLONAL B CELL LYMPHOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 84875222788     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/leu.2012.238     Document Type: Letter

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