Incidence and Clinical Significance of Bcl-2 / IgH Rearrangements in Follicular Lymphoma
Incidence and Clinical Significance of Bcl-2 / IgH Rearrangements in Follicular Lymphoma
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滤泡性淋巴瘤中 Bcl-2/IgH 重排的发生率和临床意义
DOI:
10.1080/1042819021000050052
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发表时间:
2003
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
E. Montserrat
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作者:
S. Montoto;A. López;D. Colomer;J. Esteve;F. Bosch;A. Ferrer;N. Villamor;C. Moreno;E. Campo;E. Montserrat
Bcl-2 / IgH rearrangement is the molecular hallmark of follicular lymphoma (FL) which is present in 70-90% of the cases at diagnosis. The clinical significance of this feature is controversial. The aim of this study was to analyze the bcl-2 / IgH rearrangement by means of a PCR technique, and to correlate molecular findings with clinical characteristics and outcome. Sixty-nine patients (median age, 53 years; male/female ratio: 35/34) diagnosed with FL in a single institution were included in the study. A total of 77 DNA samples were analyzed, 54 were obtained from lymph node biopsy and 23 from peripheral blood or bone marrow. Bcl-2 / IgH rearrangement was assessed for both the major breakpoint region (MBR ) and the minor cluster region (mcr ) breakpoints by a PCR technique. Thirty-nine out of sixty patients (65%) with assessable samples were found to have a bcl-2 / IgH rearrangement in the MBR breakpoint, whereas bcl-2 / IgH rearrangement in mcr was observed in one patient (2%) and no rearrangement at MBR or mcr in the remaining 20 patients (33%). Regarding the initial characteristics, patients with bcl-2 / IgH rearrangements at MBR or mcr were younger (<65 years) than those with no rearrangement at these sites (p =0.0001). No differences were found according to bcl-2 / IgH rearrangement in terms of complete response rate, time to treatment failure and overall survival. In our series bcl-2 / IgH rearrangement at MBR or mcr, which was found in 67% of the patients, was not correlated with response to treatment, survival nor time-to-treatment-failure.
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影响因子:
158.5
作者:
WEISS, LM;WARNKE, RA;CLEARY, ML
通讯作者:
CLEARY, ML
影响因子:
20.3
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通讯作者:
Cleary,ML
影响因子:
20.3
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Connors,JM
影响因子:
20.3
作者:
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通讯作者:
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