What does IGH stand for?

ImmunoGlobulin Heavy (chain)

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Five types of immunoglobulin heavy chains have been identified: gamma, alpha, mu, delta and epsilon.

Serum free light chain assays: detecting plasma cell disorders

Particularly noteworthy genes on chromosome 14 include the alpha/delta T cell receptor loci, sequenced by the Hood laboratory in the mid- 90s, and the immunoglobulin heavy chain region.

The DNA Sequence and Analysis of Human Chromosome 14 Completed; ...

The diagnosis of B-cell lymphoid malignancy can frequently be substantiated by detecting clonal immunoglobulin heavy chain (IGH) gene rearrangements, which is typically done by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and/or Southern blot analysis.

Detection of clonal IGH gene rearrangements: summary of Molecular ...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Molecular Biologic Findings Monoclonal rearrangement of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene was identified by polymerase chain reaction (data not shown).

Cytokeratin-Positive, CD45-Negative Primary Centroblastic Lymphoma of ...

These authors then performed gene rearrangement studies for the immunoglobulin heavy chain and T-cell receptor [Gamma] genes in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma with or without CD79a expression detected by immunohistochemistry.

CD79[a.sup.+] T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma With Coexisting ...

Variable rate of detection of immunoglobulin heavy chain V-DJ rearrangement by PCR: a systematic study of 41 B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and leukemias.

Plasmablastic Lymphoma of the Lung: Report of a Unique Case and ...

Mutation analysis of the rearranged immunoglobulin heavy chain genes of marginal zone cell lymphomas indicates an origin from different marginal zone B lymphocyte subsets.

Primary Nodal Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma Arising From More Than ...

[9] The immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) gene was analyzed using a polymerase chain reaction method and consensus variable region framework 3 and joining region primers as described by others.

Natural Killer-Cell Lymphoma Involving the Gynecologic Tract