Identifying a malignant B-cell lymphoma clone in peripheral blood using immunoglobulin high-throughput sequencing and lineage tree analysis
Corresponding Author
Meirav Kedmi
Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Correspondence
Meirav Kedmi, Head of Lymphoma Service, Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan 5262100, Israel.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorHadas Neuman
The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorGuy Bitansky
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorMeital Nagar
Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorGaelle Scheinert-Shenhav
Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorIris Barshack
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Department of Pathology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorGinette Schiby
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Department of Pathology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorHilla Tabibian-Keissar
Department of Pathology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAbraham Avigdor
Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorRamit Mehr
The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Meirav Kedmi
Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Correspondence
Meirav Kedmi, Head of Lymphoma Service, Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, Ramat Gan 5262100, Israel.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorHadas Neuman
The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorGuy Bitansky
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorMeital Nagar
Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorGaelle Scheinert-Shenhav
Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorIris Barshack
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Department of Pathology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorGinette Schiby
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Department of Pathology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorHilla Tabibian-Keissar
Department of Pathology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorAbraham Avigdor
Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorRamit Mehr
The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Search for more papers by this authorFunding information: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Grant/Award Number: Oncology Grant; United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Grant/Award Number: 20130432; Bar-Ilan University

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DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
Mehr lab scripts mentioned in the Methods section are available upon request. The sequence data will be made available upon paper acceptance.
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