Leich, E; Hoster, E; Wartenberg, Martin; Unterhalt, M; Siebert, R; Koch, K; Klapper, W; Engelhard, M; Puppe, B; Horn, H; Staiger, A M; Stuhlmann-Laeisz, C; Bernd, H W; Feller, A C; Hummel, M; Lenze, D; Stein, H; Hartmann, S; Hansmann, M L; Möller, P; ... (2016). Similar clinical features in follicular lymphomas with and without breaks in the BCL2 locus. Leukemia, 30(4), pp. 854-860. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/leu.2015.330
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Approximately 15% of follicular lymphomas (FLs) lack breaks in the BCL2 locus. The aim of this study was to better define molecular and clinical features of BCL2-breakpoint/t(14;18)-negative FLs. We studied the presence of BCL2, BCL6 and MYC breaks by fluorescence in situ hybridization and the expression of BCL2, MUM1, CD10, P53 and Ki67 in large clinical trial cohorts of 540 advanced-stage FL cases and 116 early-stage disease FL patients treated with chemotherapy regimens and radiation, respectively. A total of 86% and 53% of advanced- and early-stage FLs were BCL2-breakpoint-positive, respectively. BCL2 was expressed in almost all FLs with BCL2 break and also in 86% and 69% of BCL2-breakpoint-negative advanced- and early-stage FLs, respectively. CD10 expression was significantly reduced in BCL2-breakpoint-negative FLs of all stages and MUM1 and Ki67 expression were significantly increased in BCL2-break-negative early-stage FLs. Patient characteristics did not differ between FLs with and without BCL2 breaks and neither did survival times in advanced-stage FLs. These results suggest that the molecular profile differs to some extent between FLs with and without BCL2 breaks and support the notion that FLs with and without BCL2 breaks belong to the same lymphoma entity.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Pathology > Clinical Pathology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Wartenberg, Martin |
ISSN: |
0887-6924 |
Publisher: |
Nature Publishing Group |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Doris Haefelin |
Date Deposited: |
23 Dec 2016 12:40 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:00 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1038/leu.2015.330 |
PubMed ID: |
26621338 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.92174 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/92174 |
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