title: AIDS-related B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in direct blood-stream HIV-infected patients: pathogenesis and differentiation features.
abstract: Six AIDS-related NHLs from direct blood-stream HIV-infected patients were characterized for clonality, maturation cell characteristics, activation of c-myc proto-oncogene and presence of HIV and EBV genomes. Four out of the 6 AIDS-related NHLs were of immature B-cell origin, contrasting with the lower frequency (2 out of 31) of immature B-cell NHLs occurring in HIV-negative patients. Moreover, 3 out of the 4 AIDS-related pre-B-NHLs were extranodal lymphomas. C-myc translocations or rearrangements were not found in Italian AIDS-related NHLs, unlike c-myc activation which had a high prevalence in the American series of AIDS-related NHLs. HIV and EBV are not, or only occasionally, directly involved in AIDS-related NHL pathogenesis since HIV genome has never been found in the neoplastic clones and EBV genome was detected in only 1 out of the 6 lymphomas analyzed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Experimental Oncology I, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boiocchi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carbone
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Re
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dolcetti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Volpe
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tirelli
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000635:transmission; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000635:transmission; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000235:genetics; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D004279:DNA, Viral; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases