Proliferation centres of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma have enhanced expression of MYC protein, which does not result from rearrangement or gain of the MYC gene

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 173-175

  Gibson, Sarah E ^a,b   Leeman Neill, Rebecca J ^a,b   Jain, Sarika ^a,b   Piao, Wenhua ^b   Cieply, Kathleen M ^b   Swerdlow, Steven H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

B cell receptor; chronic lymphocytic leukaemia small lymphocytic lymphoma; CLL SLL; MYC gene; MYC protein

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 2; MYC PROTEIN;

CELL MATURATION; CELL TRANSPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CYTOGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTOMA; ONCOGENE MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84988478021     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13844     Document Type: Letter

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