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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Dirk Dittmer
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-25839 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Roy Debasmita D Sin Sang-Hoon SH Damania Blossom B Dittmer Dirk P DP
Blood 20110617 7
Primary effusion lymphoma (PEL) is a diffuse-large B-cell lymphoma with poor prognosis. One hundred percent of PELs carry the genome of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and a majority are coinfected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). We profiled genomic aberrations in PEL cells using the Affymetrix 6.0 SNP array. This identified for the first time individual genes that are altered in PEL cells. Eleven of 13 samples (85%) were deleted for the fragile site tumor suppressors WWOX and FHIT. Alterat ...[more]