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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5873
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
Burkitt's-type lymphomas-leukaemias (BL) are monoclonal proliferations of malignant B lymphocytes. Irrespective of whether they carry the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genome, these tumour cells have been shown consistently to have one of the specific reciprocal chromosome translocations, t(8; 14), t(2; 8) or t(8; 22), involving the long arm of chromosome 8 (on 8q24) and chromosome 14, 2 or 22 (on 14q32, 2p12 and 22q11, respectively). The latter chromosomes have been shown recently to carry genes for immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy chains, and kappa and lambda light chains, respectively. Furthermore, the localization of kappa light chains within 2pcen-2p13 encompasses the breakpoint observed in Burkitt's translocation (2p12). It was therefore considered of interest to determine whether the expression of immunoglobulin chains in BL cells is related to the type of chromosomal anomalies observed. We report here that there is a direct relationship between expression of immunoglobulin light chains and specific type of translocation: BL cells with t(8; 22) express lambda chains, whereas those with t(2; 8) express kappa chains.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
298
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
474-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Burkitt Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Child, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Chromosomes, Human, 1-3, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Chromosomes, Human, 13-15, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Chromosomes, Human, 21-22 and Y, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Female, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Immunoglobulin Light Chains, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Male, pubmed-meshheading:6806672-Translocation, Genetic
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Correlation between immunoglobulin light chain expression and variant translocation in Burkitt's lymphoma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't