Old and new facts and speculations on the role of the B cell receptor in the origin of chronic lymphocytic leukemia

D Bagnara, AN Mazzarello, F Ghiotto… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The engagement of the B cell receptor (BcR) on the surface of leukemic cells represents a
key event in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) since it can lead to the maintenance and …

[PDF][PDF] Chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Disease biology

S Koehrer, JA Burger - Acta Haematol, 2024 - karger.com
Background: B-cell receptor (BCR) signaling is crucial for normal B-cell development and
adaptive immunity. In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), the malignant B cells display …

The VLA-4 integrin is constitutively active in circulating chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells via BCR autonomous signaling: a novel anchor-independent mechanism …

E Tissino, A Gaglio, A Nicolò, F Pozzo, T Bittolo… - Leukemia, 2024 - nature.com
In chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), survival of neoplastic cells depends on
microenvironmental signals at lymphoid sites where the crosstalk between the integrin VLA …

Multiple mechanisms of NOTCH1 activation in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: NOTCH1 mutations and beyond

F Pozzo, T Bittolo, E Tissino, A Zucchetto, R Bomben… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mutations of the NOTCH1 gene are a validated prognostic marker in
chronic lymphocytic leukemia and a potential predictive marker for anti-CD20-based …

Characterization of the Intraclonal Complexity of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia B Cells: Potential Influences of B-Cell Receptor Crosstalk with Other Stimuli

AN Mazzarello, M Fitch, M Cardillo, A Ng, S Bhuiya… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) clones contain cells differing in age:
recently born, proliferative (PF), intermediate (IF), and resting (RF) fractions. We used …

CLL stereotyped B-cell receptor immunoglobulin sequences are recurrent in the B-cell repertoire of healthy individuals: Apparent lack of central and early peripheral …

S Vergani, D Bagnara, A Agathangelidis… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The leukemic cells of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are often
unique, expressing remarkably similar IGHV-IGHD-IGHJ gene rearrangements,“stereotyped …

Functional consequences of inhibition of Bruton's tyrosine kinase by ibrutinib in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

SS Chen, N Chiorazzi - Hematological Oncology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The leukemic B cells from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) require
interactions with non‐malignant cells and matrix in the tissue microenvironment to survive …

Unexpected chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cell activation by bisphosphonates

AN Mazzarello, E Gugiatti, V Cossu, N Bertola… - Cancer Immunology …, 2024 - Springer
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a disease of the elderly, often presenting
comorbidities like osteoporosis and requiring, in a relevant proportion of cases, treatment …

Biological and clinical insight from analysis of the tumor b-cell receptor structure and function in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

F Forconi, SA Lanham, G Chiodin - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The goal of this review is to describe the biological and clinical
implications associated with the analysis of the immunoglobulin (also known as B-cell …

Impact of the Types and Relative Quantities of IGHV Gene Mutations in Predicting Prognosis of Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

M Kaufman, XJ Yan, W Li, EM Ghia… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Patients with CLL with mutated IGHV genes (M-CLL) have better outcomes than patients
with unmutated IGHVs (U-CLL). Since U-CLL usually express immunoglobulins (IGs) that …