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Table 3 IG VH gene rearrangement in EPCs and BM cells in MM. A single 350-bp band was amplified using the indicated VH primers in BM cells and confluent EPCs from each patient.

From: Endothelial progenitor cells display clonal restriction in multiple myeloma

Case Number

EPC (VH primer)

BM Cell (VH primer)

% Plasma cells in BM

EPC Source

1

VH4A

VH4A

10

BM

2

VH4A

VH4A

30

BM

12

VH5

VH5

10

BM

13

VH4A

VH4A

95

BM

14

VH4A

VH4A

90

BM

15

No rearrangement

VH3

95

BM

16

No rearrangement

VH3

60

BM

Controls

    

HUVECs

No rearrangement

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Healthy subject

No rearrangement

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