Homophilic peptide inhibits growth of malignant murine and human B cells.

Monoclon Antib Immunodiagn Immunother

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

Published: December 2013

A homophilic peptide from the T15 plasmacytoma inhibits growth of murine and human B cell tumors. This finding confirms the hypothesis that B cell malignancies are driven by a self-binding epitope in the B cell receoptor (BCR) proposed as the pathogenesis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/mab.2013.0064DOI Listing

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