Project description:Recent GWAS have identified several susceptibility loci for NHL. Despite these successes, much of the heritable variation in NHL risk remains to be explained. Common copy-number variants are important genomic sources of variability, and hence a potential source to explain part of this missing heritability. In this study, we carried out a CNV analysis using GWAS data from 681 NHL cases and 749 controls to explore the relationship between common structural variation and lymphoma susceptibility. Here we found a novel association with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) risk involving a partial duplication of the C-terminus region of the LOC283177 long non-coding RNA that was further validated by quantitative PCR. For chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL), known somatic deletions were identified on chromosomes 13q14, 11q22-23, 14q32 and 22q11.22. Our study shows that GWAS data can be used to identify germline CNVs associated with disease risk for DLBCL and somatic CNVs for CLL/SLL. We performed a genome-wide CNV analysis of 681 NHL cases and 749 controls from the San Francisco Bay Area, genotyped using the Illumina HumanCNV370-Duo BeadChip array. Signal intensity data in the form of log R ratio (LRR) and B allele frequency (BAF) values were obtained directly from the Beadstudio software. Quality control filtering was used to exclude unreliable samples, resulting in a final dataset of 619 NHL cases (205 FL, 242 DLBCL, 172 CLL/SLL) and 730 controls.
Project description:To identify the differentially expressed miRs in the plasmas of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) patients, we screened NHL samples using microarrays. Experiments were performed with three pooled total RNA isolated from the plasmas of four patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), four patients with follicular lymphoma (FL), and eight control samples.
Project description:Follicular lymphoma (FL) is one of the most common types of indolent B-cell lymphoma in Western countries. FL commonly transforms to more aggressive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) at reported frequencies between 15 - 60%. We have used microarray comparative genomic hybridisation (aCGH) at 1 Mb resolution to study copy number changes in paired tumor samples (primary FL and a subsequent tDLBCL) as well as de novo DLBCL cases to outline genetic mechanisms of transformation from follicular lymphoma to diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.
Project description:Recent GWAS have identified several susceptibility loci for NHL. Despite these successes, much of the heritable variation in NHL risk remains to be explained. Common copy-number variants are important genomic sources of variability, and hence a potential source to explain part of this missing heritability. In this study, we carried out a CNV analysis using GWAS data from 681 NHL cases and 749 controls to explore the relationship between common structural variation and lymphoma susceptibility. Here we found a novel association with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) risk involving a partial duplication of the C-terminus region of the LOC283177 long non-coding RNA that was further validated by quantitative PCR. For chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL), known somatic deletions were identified on chromosomes 13q14, 11q22-23, 14q32 and 22q11.22. Our study shows that GWAS data can be used to identify germline CNVs associated with disease risk for DLBCL and somatic CNVs for CLL/SLL.
Project description:Follicular lymphoma (FL) is characterized by the t(14;18)(q32;q21), frequent numerical chromosomal alterations, and recurrent somatic mutations. However, no genetic studies are available for FL in situ (FLIS), a putative precursor lesion of FL. In this study, we analyzed cases of FLIS without manifest (m)FL, partial involvement by FL (PFL), and paired cases of FLIS and mFL to detect possible early chromosomal imbalances, as well as DNA-methylation patterns of genomic regions of selected genes. We demonstrated that paired FLIS and mFL cases are always clonally related. FLIS and PFL have no or few secondary chromosomal imbalances detectable by copy number arrays and a lower level of gene methylation as compared to mFL. Additionally, EZH2 Tyr641 mutations were detected in a subset of both FLIS and PFL cases. In conclusion, this study provides evidence that FLIS represents a FL precursor lesion of long-lived clonal B-cells carrying the t(14;18) with no or few secondary genetic changes. The earliest secondary genetic alterations detected in FLIS are the EZH2 Tyr641 mutation and low levels of CNAs, as evidence of clonal evolution. Our data suggest that there may be more than one distinct lesion driving the progression from FLIS to manifest lymphoma. DNA from cases, 20 tumor samples (10 in situ Follicular lymphoma, 4 Partial infiltration folliculary lymphoma and 6 manifest FL) were analyzed with Agilent-014693 Human Genome CGH Microarray 244A platform for copy number alterations study. For cases 9-14 paired samples of in situ follicular lymphoma and manifest follicular lymphoma were analyzed. Agilent-014693 Human Genome CGH Microarray 244A arrays were performed according to the manufacturer's directions on DNA extracted from lymph nodes that were hybridized against a normal DNA (pool) of the same gender.
Project description:B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (B-NHL) consists of different pathological entities that are frequently characterized by distinct genetic alterations. However, the knowledge on these genetic lesions in B-NHL is still limited. In order to obtain a more comprehensive view of genetic lesions in B-NHL, we performed genome-wide analysis of copy number (CN) alterations as well as allelic imbalances using Affymetrix SNP arrays with B-NHL cases, including SNP array data were analyzed with CNAG/AsCNAR software, which enabled sensitive detection of CN alterations in allele-specific manner, and thus allelic imbalances, without depending on availability of paired normal controls. Most frequent numerical abnormalities in B-NHL were gains of chromosomes 3 and 18, although gains of chromosome 3 were less prominent in FL. Chromosomal deletions that lead to loss of heterozygosity (LOH) were commonly found in 1p, 6q and 10q. High-grade amplifications and homozygous deletions frequently provide a clue to identify relevant gene targets. In our series, 12 loci of high-grade amplifications and 14 loci of homozygous deletions were identified, and helped to specify the candidate genes. These regions included, FCGR2B amplified in 5 cases of DLBCL, RERE amplified in 2 cases of FL and CDKN2A/CDKN2B deleted in 9 cases of DLBCL. To identify oncogenic lesions in neuroblastoma, we performed a genome-wide analysis of primary tumor samples from 241 lymphoma samples (238 fresh tumors and 3 cell lines) using high-density 50K and/or 250K SNP arrays (Affymetrix GeneChip).