Project description:Nodal marginal zone lymphoma is a poorly defined entity in the WHO classification, largely based on criteria by exclusion and the diagnosis often remains subjective. Follicular Lymphoma lacking t(14;18), have similar characteristics which results in a major potential diagnostic overlap which this study aims to dissect. Four subgroups of lymphoma samples (n=56) were analyzed with high-resolution arrayCGH; Nodal marginal zone lymphoma, t(14;18)-negative Follicular Lymphoma, localized t(14:18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma and disseminated t(14;18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma. Gains on chromosomes 7, 8 and 12 were observed in all subgroups. The mean number of aberrations was higher in disseminated t(14;18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma compared to localized t(14:18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma (p<0.01) and the majority of alterations in localized t(14:18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma were also found in disseminated t(14;18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma. Nodal marginal zone lymphoma was marked by 3q gains with amplifications of four genes. A different overall pattern of aberrations was seen in t(14;18)-negative Follicular Lymphoma compared to t(14;18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma. t(14;18)-negative Follicular Lymphoma is marked by specific (focal) gains on chromosome 3 as observed in Nodal marginal zone lymphoma. Our results support the notion that localized t(14:18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma represents an early phase of disseminated t(14;18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma. t(14;18)-negative Follicular Lymphoma bears aberrations that are more alike Nodal marginal zone lymphoma, suggesting a relation between these groups.
Project description:Nodal marginal zone lymphoma is a poorly defined entity in the WHO classification, largely based on criteria by exclusion and the diagnosis often remains subjective. Follicular Lymphoma lacking t(14;18), have similar characteristics which results in a major potential diagnostic overlap which this study aims to dissect. Four subgroups of lymphoma samples (n=56) were analyzed with high-resolution arrayCGH; Nodal marginal zone lymphoma, t(14;18)-negative Follicular Lymphoma, localized t(14:18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma and disseminated t(14;18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma. Gains on chromosomes 7, 8 and 12 were observed in all subgroups. The mean number of aberrations was higher in disseminated t(14;18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma compared to localized t(14:18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma (p<0.01) and the majority of alterations in localized t(14:18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma were also found in disseminated t(14;18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma. Nodal marginal zone lymphoma was marked by 3q gains with amplifications of four genes. A different overall pattern of aberrations was seen in t(14;18)-negative Follicular Lymphoma compared to t(14;18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma. t(14;18)-negative Follicular Lymphoma is marked by specific (focal) gains on chromosome 3 as observed in Nodal marginal zone lymphoma. Our results support the notion that localized t(14:18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma represents an early phase of disseminated t(14;18)-positive Follicular Lymphoma. t(14;18)-negative Follicular Lymphoma bears aberrations that are more alike Nodal marginal zone lymphoma, suggesting a relation between these groups. Four subgroups of follicular lymphoma were analyzed: NMZL (n=14), t-FL (n=12), LOC t+FL (n=16), DIS t+FL (n=14).
Project description:Comparison of gene expression profiles of follicular lymphoma vs. reactive lymph nodes. 8 cases of follicular lymphoma; 5 cases of reactive lymph nodes.
Project description:<p>We performed exome sequencing of tumor (lymph node) and normal (skin) frozen tissue pairs from 24 patients in a discovery cohort with untreated follicular lymphoma (FL), relapsed FL, or transformed FL/iNHL (indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma). From 24 patients, 28 tumor samples were exome sequenced including 1 patient with both untreated and relapse samples and 3 patients with samples derived from both bulk lymph node and following flow-sorting to purify light chain-restricted CD19+ lymphoma cells. We developed a custom capture assay (NimbleGen) that targets 7.05 MB corresponding to the exons and splice sites of 1716 genes (WUSM-LP). The custom capture genes included somatic nucleotide variants (SNVs) identified in our exome discovery cohort (898 genes) or SNVs previously published to be recurrently mutated in B cell NHL (818 genes). This custom capture reagent was used to sequence additional FFPE samples (and corresponding normal tissue, when available) from patients with follicular lymphoma. This approach was used to identify recurrently mutated genes in pathways in FL.</p>
Project description:We used microarrays to detail gene expression profile of several follicular lymphoma patient samples with different grades We analyzed 72 FL samples
Project description:Follicular lymphoma is the most common indolent non-Hodgkin's lymphoma involving germinal centre B cells, with a subset of patients undergoing transformation to a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) morphology for which the clinical outcomes are poor. To elucidate the differences in copy number profiles between FL and tFL groups, we performed Affymetrix SNP 6.0 Array analysis on 31 paired FL-tFL cases. We wanted to identify and compare recurrent somatic copy number alterations (CNAs) between the two groups (FL vs. tFL). In addition, the concordance and discordance in the copy neutral loss of heterozygosity (cnLOH) between the two groups were also investigated to identify recurrent target gene regions. Affymetrix SNP arrays were performed according to the manufacturer's directions on DNA extracted from follicular lymphoma (FL), transformed follicular lymphoma (tFL) and matching germline (GL) sample (if available). Copy number analysis of Affymetrix SNP 6.0 Array were performed on 91 DNA samples, consisting of 31 patients. Among the 31 patients, 19 had matching germline samples, while 12 had no germline samples. The Log R Ratio (LRR) values and the B Allele Frequency (BAF) values were subsequently calculated to search for copy number aberrations and copy neutral (CN)-LOH in the FL and tFL samples. Paired and unpaired analyses were performed accordingly.