Project description:FFPE brain biopsy specimens of 64 patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma and 9 patients with secondary central nervous system lymphoma were analyzed in the study. We used the NanoSting nCounter human v3 miRNA assay for characterizing miRNA expression and carried out a detailed differential expression and clustering analysis of samples and miRNAs to look for expression changes associated to primary or secondary origin, cell of origin, mutation status or survival.
Project description:To characterize the genetic alterations in lymphomas in immune-privileged sites (IP-DLBCLs), we performed whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of 22 primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSLs), 8 primary testicular lymphomas (PTLs) and 6 secondary CNS lymphomas.
Project description:Gene expression profiling (GEP) of ARL patient samples was done to determine whether gene expression signatures derived from HIV- lymphomas retained their ability to molecularly classify HIV+ lymphomas. The GEP-based predictors robustly classified ARL tumors, distinguishing molecular Burkitt lymphoma (BL) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), as well as activated B-cell-like (ABC) and germinal center B-cell-like (GCB) molecular subtypes of DLBCL. Gene expression profiles were used to identify coordinately regulated gene sets and pathways that differ between HIV+ and HIV- lymphomas of corresponding molecular subtype.
Project description:Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a life-threatening condition characterized by pulmonary arteriolar remodeling, and is frequently associated with right heart failure. This study identifies significant novel biological changes in eight genes and several genetic pathways, that were likely to contribute to the pathogenesis of PAH. We also demonstrate that PAH and PH secondary to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are characterized by distinct gene expression signatures, implying distinct pathophysiological mechanisms. Keywords: disease versus control Keywords: Expression profiling by array
Project description:Activation of b-catenin has been causatively linked to the etiology of colon cancer. Conditional stabilization of this molecule in pro-T-cells promotes thymocyte development without the requirement for preTCR signaling. We show here that activated b-catenin stalls the developmental transition from the double-positive (DP) to the single-positive (SP) thymocyte stage and predisposes DP thymocytes to transformation. b-Catenin induced thymic lymphomas have a leukemic arrest at the early DP stage. Lymphomagenesis requires Rag activity, which peaks at this developmental stage, as well as additional secondary genetic events. A consistent secondary event is the transcriptional upregulation of c-Myc, whose activity is required for transformation since its conditional ablation abrogates lymphomagenesis. In contrast, the expression of Notch receptors as well as targets is reduced in DP thymocytes with stabilized b-catenin and remains low in the lymphomas indicating that Notch activation is not required or selected for in b-catenin induced lymphomas. Thus, b-catenin activation may provide a mechanism for the induction of T-ALL that does not depend on Notch activation. Keywords: Lckcre, CD4Cre-Ctnnbex3, lymphoma, gene expression
Project description:Primary lymphomas of the central nervous system (PCNSL) are diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) which are confined to the central nervous system (CNS). Despite extensive research, the molecular alterations leading to PCNSL have not been fully elucidated. In order to provide a comprehensive description of the mutational landscape in PCNSL, we here performed integrative whole genome and transcriptome sequencing analysis of 51 lymphomas presenting in the CNS, including 42 EBV-negative PCNSL, 6 secondary CNS lymphomas (SCNSL) and 3 EBV+ CNSL.
Project description:Immunoglobulin gene rearrangement and somatic hypermutation have the potential to create neoantigens in non-Hodgkin B cell lymphoma. However, the presentation of these putative immunoglobulin neoantigens by B cell lymphomas has not been proven. We used MHC immunoprecipitation followed by liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to define antigens presented by follicular lymphomas (FL), chronic lymphocytic leukemias (CLL), diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) and mantle cell lymphomas (MCL). We found presentation of the clonal immunoglobulin molecule, including neoantigens by both class I and class II MHC, though more commonly in class II MHC. To determine whether B cell activation could promote presentation of immunoglobulin neoantigens, we used a toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonists to upregulate expression of MHC-II. This resulted in enhanced class II MHC presentation of the immunoglobulin variable region including neoantigens. These findings demonstrate that immunoglobulin neoantigens are presented across most subtypes of B cell lymphomas. Activation of lymphoma cells to upregulate antigen presentation boosts presentation of immunoglobulin neoantigens and represents a strategy for augmenting lymphoma immunotherapies.
Project description:Gene expression profiling (GEP) of ARL patient samples was done to determine whether gene expression signatures derived from HIV- lymphomas retained their ability to molecularly classify HIV+ lymphomas. The GEP-based predictors robustly classified ARL tumors, distinguishing molecular Burkitt lymphoma (BL) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), as well as activated B-cell-like (ABC) and germinal center B-cell-like (GCB) molecular subtypes of DLBCL. Gene expression profiles were used to identify coordinately regulated gene sets and pathways that differ between HIV+ and HIV- lymphomas of corresponding molecular subtype.
Project description:The proteomic and posttranslational modification signatures of most cancers are unknown. N-linked glycosylation is a post-translational modification that targets proteins for membrane expression or secretion making this class of proteins attractive cancer biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Using an unbiased mass spectrometry (MS)-based approach we generated a compendium of 1,155 N-linked glycoproteins (2,160 N-glycosites) from 44 human primary lymphomas and malignant lymphoma cell lines. Hierarchical clustering highlighted distinct subtype signatures which included several novel subtype-specific biomarkers. Orthogonal immunologic studies in 671 primary lymphoma tissue biopsies, 36 lymphoma-derived cell lines or 8 patient-derived circulating tumor cell samples corroborated MS-based glycoproteomic data and authenticated selected proteins as tissue biomarkers. Functional targeting using a toxin-conjugated ligand in vitro and RNAi-mediated silencing targeting subtype-specific glycoproteins abrogated lymphoma growth in vivo. Our results demonstrate the utility of global N-glycoproteomics discovery of cancer biomarkers and targets for precision therapeutics.