Tumor biology of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas.
Extranodal lymphomas arising at mucosal sites exhibit clinicopathological features that suggest a closer relationship of these tumors to the structure and function of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) than to lymph nodes. The factors that induce MALT in these tissues are operative in early MALT lymphoma development and the progressive independence on T-cell help defines late stages of MALT lymphoma genesis.
Greiner
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Institut für Pathologie, Universität Würzburg, Germany.
Knörr
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Seeberger
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Schultz
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Müller-Hermelink
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HK
D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D017635:Clonal Anergy; D006801:Humans; D018442:Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
D000941:Antigens