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Role Of Rac1-Pak Pathway In Aggressive B-Cell Lymphoma, Tian Tian
Role Of Rac1-Pak Pathway In Aggressive B-Cell Lymphoma, Tian Tian
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Aggressive B-cell lymphomas are diverse group of neoplasms that arise at different stages of B-cell development and by various mechanisms of neoplastic transformation. Aggressive B-cell lymphomas include many types, subtypes and variants of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), Burkitt lymphoma (BL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and B lymphoblastic lymphoma. The treatment of patients with aggressive B-cell lymphomas remains a clinical challenge. Conventional chemotherapeutic regimens, mainly based on the CHOP (cyclophosphamide, hydroxydaunorubicin, oncovin and prednisone) combination, obtain a relatively high number of complete or partial clinical responses (20-80%), but the tumor relapses in most patients, who will die of the disease. …