Infrequent normal B lymphocytes express features of B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 155 (2), 623-628
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.155.2.623
Abstract
An infrequent (2-3%) B lymphocyte subpopulation was found in the normal human tonsil and lymph nodes that shows the phenotypic characteristics of B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) (rosette formation with mouse erythrocytes, weak expression of membrane Ig, staining for HLA-DR, and OKT1 or Leu-1 detecting a T cell-associated p65 antigen). Preliminary evidence suggests that at least a subpopulation of these cells is found, in small proportions, within the germinal centers. These cells were not observed in the human bone marrow. B-CLL may involve this peripheral B lymphocyte subset.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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