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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Manuel Montesinos-Rongen
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-38675 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology 20130401 4
Primary lymphoma of the central nervous system (PCNSL) is defined as lymphoma of the diffuse large B-cell type confined to the CNS. To understand the effects of the CNS microenvironment on the malignant B cells and their interactions with the cells of the target organ, we analyzed a syngeneic mouse model. Transplantation of BAL17 cells into the frontal white matter of syngeneic BALB/c mice induced lymphomas with major clinical and neuropathologic features that parallel those of human PCNSL, incl ...[more]