Human t(14;18)positive germinal center B cells: a new step in follicular lymphoma pathogenesis?

Abstract

Key Points Follicular lymphoma-like cells found in healthy individuals accumulate within germinal centers in reactive lymphoid tissues. Follicular lymphoma-like cells are nonproliferating cells in situ and in vitro.

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Germinal centerFollicular lymphomaLymphomaBiologyCD40Lymph nodeImmunophenotypingB cellMolecular biologyCD20PathologyImmunologyFlow cytometryMedicineIn vitroCytotoxic T cellGeneticsAntibody

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Publication Info

Year: 2014
Type: article
Volume: 123
Issue: 22
Pages: 3462-3465
Citations: 44
Access: Closed

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