Persistent CD49d engagement in circulating CLL cells: a role for blood-borne ligands?

Affiliations

• ¹ Clinical and Experimental Onco-Hematology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy.
• ² Laboratory for Immunological and Molecular Cancer Research, 3rd Medical Department, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
• ³ Clinica Ematologica, Centro Trapianti e Terapie Cellulari Carlo Melzi, DISM, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria S. M. Misericordia, Udine, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Internal Medicine and Hematology, Maggiore General Hospital, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
• ⁵ Department of Hematology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
• ⁶ Division of Hematology, S. Eugenio Hospital and University of Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy.
• ⁷ Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, USA.