title: Bcl-6 gene hypermutations in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of primary gastric origin.
abstract: The presence of the bcl-6 gene hypermutation was studied in 40 Hong Kong Chinese patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The primary sites of involvement were nodal in 18 cases and gastric in 22. Hypermutations at the E1.11 segment of bcl-6 gene were detectable in 16/22 (73%) primary gastric and 4/18 (22%) primary nodal lymphoma (P<0.01). Three of the 22 cases of primary gastric but none of the nodal lymphoma had mutations at E1.12. The proportion of hypermutated cases in the group with bcl-6 gene rearrangement was similar to that of the germ-line group (70% v 75%). High frequency of bcl-6 gene hypermutations was found in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the stomach and they were independent of rearrangement of the gene as detected by Southern analysis. Unlike gene rearrangement, hypermutations of the bcl-6 gene did not appear to carry any prognostic significance clinically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Kwong
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Au
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D015321:Gene Rearrangement; D006801:Humans; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000235:genetics*; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation; D011379:Prognosis; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051560:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051560:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6; D014157:Transcription Factors