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We thank Andreas Agathangelidis, Institute of Agrobiotechnology, CERTH, Thessaloniki, Greece, for his assistance in the preparation of IG sequence logos, and Professor Christian Geissler, Rigshospitalet, Copehnagen, Denmark, for providing information about the Danish cases included in the study. This work was supported by the Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC) (Investigator Grant to PG and Special Program Molecular Clinical Oncology–5 per mille no. 9965), Milano, Italy; CARIPLO Foundation, Milano, Italy; PRIN-MIUR, Roma, Italy; Progetti Integrati Oncologia (PIO)–Ministero della Salute, Roma, Italy; IGA MZCR NS10439-3/2009; ENosAI project (code 09SYN-13-880), co-funded by the EU and the Hellenic General Secretariat for Research and Technology. EK was a recipient of fellowships from the Propondis Foundation and AG Levendis Foundation, Athens, Greece; AJ is supported by the EHA Partner Fellowship Program Jesper Jurlander, one of the co-authors of the present manuscript, unexpectedly passed away earlier this year. We dedicate this manuscript to his memory. EK performed research, analyzed data and wrote the paper. MG, AJ, FM, BT and LBP performed research and analyzed data. XB, VG and MPL co-ordinated the curation and annotation of IG gene sequence data. KT supervised the establishment of heterohybridomas. SP, DO, LF, PFdC, JJ, MP and AA provided samples and associated data. CB, RR, FD, PG and KS designed and supervised the research and wrote the paper.
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Kostareli, E., Gounari, M., Janus, A. et al. Antigen receptor stereotypy across B-cell lymphoproliferations: the case of IGHV4-59/IGKV3-20 receptors with rheumatoid factor activity. Leukemia 26, 1127–1131 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2011.311
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