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SUBMITTER: Chu CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2597608 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chu Charles C CC Catera Rosa R Hatzi Katerina K Yan Xiao-Jie XJ Zhang Lu L Wang Xiao Bo XB Fales Henry M HM Allen Steven L SL Kolitz Jonathan E JE Rai Kanti R KR Chiorazzi Nicholas N
Blood 20080923 13
Leukemic B lymphocytes of a large group of unrelated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients express an unmutated heavy chain immunoglobulin variable (V) region encoded by IGHV1-69, IGHD3-16, and IGHJ3 with nearly identical heavy and light chain complementarity-determining region 3 sequences. The likelihood that these patients developed CLL clones with identical antibody V regions randomly is highly improbable and suggests selection by a common antigen. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) from this ...[more]