Molecular characterization of diffuse large B-cell lymphomas associated with hepatitis C virus infection

© 2024 The Authors. British Journal of Haematology published by British Society for Haematology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd..

Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) displays peculiar clinicopathological characteristics, but its molecular landscape is not fully elucidated. In this study, we investigated the clinicopathological and molecular features of 54 patients with HCV-associated DLBCL. The median age was 71 years. An underlying marginal zone lymphoma component was detected in 14.8% of cases. FISH analysis showed rearrangements involving BCL6 in 50.9% of cases, MYC in 11.3% and BCL2 in 3.7%. Lymph2Cx-based assay was successful in 38 cases, recognizing 16 cases (42.1%) as ABC and 16 cases as GCB subtypes, while six resulted unclassified. ABC cases exhibited a higher lymphoma-related mortality (LRM). Next-generation sequencing analysis showed mutations in 158/184 evaluated genes. The most frequently mutated genes were KMT2D (42.6%), SETD1B (33.3%), RERE (29.4%), FAS and PIM1 (27.8%) and TBL1XR1 (25.9%). A mutation in the NOTCH pathway was detected in 25.9% of cases and was associated with worst LRM. Cluster analysis by LymphGen classified 29/54 cases within definite groups, including BN2 in 14 (48.2%), ST2 in seven (24.2%) and MCD and EZB in four each (13.8%). Overall, these results indicate a preferential marginal zone origin for a consistent subgroup of HCV-associated DLBCL cases and suggest potential implications for molecularly targeted therapies.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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British journal of haematology - (2024) vom: 05. März

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Englisch

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Sciarra, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Merli, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Cristinelli, Caterina [VerfasserIn]
Lucioni, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Zibellini, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Riboni, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Furlan, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Uccella, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Zerbi, Caterina [VerfasserIn]
Bianchi, Benedetta [VerfasserIn]
Gotti, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Ferretti, Virginia Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Varraso, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Fraticelli, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Lazic, Tanja [VerfasserIn]
Defrancesco, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Mora, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Libera, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Mazzacane, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Carpi, Federico [VerfasserIn]
Berliner, Martha [VerfasserIn]
Neri, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Rizzo, Ettore [VerfasserIn]
De Paoli, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Sessa, Fausto [VerfasserIn]
Passamonti, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Paulli, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Arcaini, Luca [VerfasserIn]

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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
Hepatitis C virus
Journal Article
NGS
Nanostring

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Date Revised 05.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1111/bjh.19378

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NLM369327357