Genetic manipulation and immortalized culture of ex vivo primary human germinal center B cells

R Caeser, J Gao, M Di Re, C Gong, DJ Hodson - Nature protocols, 2021 - nature.com
Next-generation sequencing has transformed our knowledge of the genetics of lymphoid
malignancies. However, limited experimental systems are available to model the functional …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic profiling in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: The promise and the challenge

NH Cutmore, JA Krupka, DJ Hodson - Modern Pathology, 2023 - Elsevier
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Over
the previous 2 decades, tremendous progress has been made in our understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] B cells orchestrate tolerance to the neuromyelitis optica autoantigen AQP4

AM Afzali, L Nirschl, C Sie, M Pfaller, O Ulianov… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Neuromyelitis optica is a paradigmatic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system,
in which the water-channel protein AQP4 is the target antigen. The immunopathology in …

[HTML][HTML] Viral transduction of primary human lymphoma B cells reveals mechanisms of NOTCH-mediated immune escape

M Mangolini, A Maiques-Diaz… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Hotspot mutations in the PEST-domain of NOTCH1 and NOTCH2 are recurrently identified
in B cell malignancies. To address how NOTCH-mutations contribute to a dismal prognosis …

A platform to induce and mature biomolecular condensates using chemicals and light

CN Hernandez-Candia, BR Brady, E Harrison… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates are membraneless compartments that impart spatial and
temporal organization to cells. Condensates can undergo maturation, transitioning from …

BTG1 mutation yields supercompetitive B cells primed for malignant transformation

C Mlynarczyk, M Teater, J Pae, CR Chin, L Wang… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Multicellular life requires altruistic cooperation between cells. The adaptive immune system
is a notable exception, wherein germinal center B cells compete vigorously for limiting …

[HTML][HTML] Sequential inverse dysregulation of the RNA helicases DDX3X and DDX3Y facilitates MYC-driven lymphomagenesis

C Gong, JA Krupka, J Gao, NF Grigoropoulos… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
DDX3X is a ubiquitously expressed RNA helicase involved in multiple stages of RNA
biogenesis. DDX3X is frequently mutated in Burkitt lymphoma, but the functional basis for …

Adaptive T-cell immunity controls senescence-prone MyD88-or CARD11-mutant B-cell lymphomas

M Reimann, J Schrezenmeier… - Blood, The Journal …, 2021 - ashpublications.org
Aberrant B-cell receptor/NF-κB signaling is a hallmark feature of B-cell non-Hodgkin
lymphomas, especially in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Recurrent mutations in …

[HTML][HTML] LMP1 and EBNA2 constitute a minimal set of EBV genes for transformation of human B cells

J Zhang, T Sommermann, X Li, L Gieselmann… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection in humans is associated with a wide range of
diseases including malignancies of different origins, most prominently B cells. Several EBV …

Molecular subclusters of follicular lymphoma: a report from the United Kingdom's Haematological Malignancy Research Network

S Crouch, D Painter, SL Barrans, E Roman… - Blood …, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Follicular lymphoma (FL) is morphologically and clinically diverse, with mutations in
epigenetic regulators alongside t (14; 18) identified as disease-initiating events …