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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Pedro Jares
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-36000 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

Cancer research 20120820 20
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a heterogeneous disease with most patients following an aggressive clinical course, whereas others having an indolent behavior. We conducted an integrative and multidisciplinary analysis of 177 MCL to determine whether the immunogenetic features of the clonotypic B-cell receptors (BcR) may identify different subsets of tumors. Truly unmutated (100% identity) IGHV genes were found in 24% cases, 40% were minimally/borderline mutated (99.9%-97%), 19% significantly muta ...[more]