Variant B cell receptor isotype functions differ in hairy cell leukemia with mutated BRAF and IGHV genes.

A functional B-cell receptor (BCR) is critical for survival of normal B-cells, but whether it plays a comparable role in B-cell malignancy is as yet not fully delineated. Typical Hairy Cell Leukemia (HCL) is a rare B-cell tumor, and unique in expressing multiple surface immunoglobulin (sIg) isotypes...

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Main Authors: Nicola J Weston-Bell, Francesco Forconi, Hanneke C Kluin-Nelemans, Surinder S Sahota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3907534?pdf=render