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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Emanuela Ghia
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-51420 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20131230 2
Receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 1 (ROR1) is an oncoembryonic antigen found on chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) B cells, but not on normal adult tissues. We generated transgenic (Tg) mice with human ROR1 regulated by the murine Ig promoter/enhancer. In contrast to nontransgenic littermates, such animals had B-cell-restricted expression of ROR1 and could develop clonal expansions of ROR1(bright)CD5(+)B220(low) B cells resembling human CLL at ≥ 15 mo of age. Because immune-precipita ...[more]