Similar patterns of genomic alterations characterize primary mediastinal large-B-cell lymphoma and diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • To address the possible genetic relationship between primary mediastinal large-B-cell lymphoma (PMLBCL) and diffuse large-B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), we compared DNA copy number changes identified by comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) analysis of 40 PMLBCL and 91 DLBCL tumors. We assessed their karyotypes by G-banding; amplification of MYC, BCL2, and REL genes by Southern blotting; and incidence of nonpolymorphic BCL6 mutations by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis (SSCP). Overall, CGH identified overlapping and nonoverlapping patterns of DNA copy number changes in the two groups. Among the latter changes, gains of chromosomes 8, 11, 15, and 16 and losses of chromosomes 5, 10, 15, 16, 17, and 20 were seen only in DLBCL, and gains of chromosomes 10, 21, and 22 and losses of chromosomes 11, 13, and 18 were seen only in PMLBCL. Several overlapping changes were identified in both groups, with variation in incidence. Statistical analysis of these changes showed significant gains of chromosomes 3 (P

publication date

  • February 1, 2002

Research

keywords

  • Chromosome Aberrations
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 18244391501

PubMed ID

  • 11793437

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 33

issue

  • 2