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SUBMITTER: Rombout A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4374908 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rombout Ans A Stamatopoulos Basile B Lagneaux Laurence L Lust Sofie S Offner Fritz F Naessens Evelien E Vanderstraeten Hanne H Verhasselt Bruno B Philippé Jan J
PloS one 20150326 3
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in the Western world and is characterized by a heterogeneous clinical course. This variability in clinical course has spiked the search for prognostic markers able to predict patient evolution at the moment of diagnosis. Markers demonstrated to be of value are the mutation status of the immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region genes (IGHV) and lipoprotein lipase (LPL) expression. High LPL mRNA expression has been associated with sh ...[more]