Analysis of the immunoglobulin heavy chain gene variable region of 101 cases with peripheral B cell neoplasms and B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the Japanese population

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<jats:p>We have analyzed the immunoglobulin heavy chain (VH) gene variable regions (CDR2 and FW3) of 101 Japanese cases with peripheral B cell neoplasms. When all except one case with a deletion were graphed by frequency of replacement mutation, the 100 cases could be separated into two groups: 24 cases with zero, one and two mutations (germline or low frequency of somatic mutation); and 76 cases with three or more mutations (medium to high frequency of somatic mutation). While most mantle cell lymphoma cases (11/13) showed germline or low frequency of somatic mutation, all cases of mucosa‐associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma (11/11), follicular lymphoma (three of three cases), plasma cell myeloma (seven of seven cases) and most cases of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL; 42/47) belonged to the latter group. These 76 cases, therefore, may be considered to show somatic hypermutation. More than half of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma cases (CLL/SLL; eight of 13) showed a hypermutated VH gene and the ratio of replacement mutation : silent mutation in CDR2 of CLL/SLL was considerably higher compared with DLBCL and MALT lymphoma, showing somatic hypermutation. When comparing VH gene type of B cell‐CLL (B‐CLL) among our series and those in the literature, more cases of CD5<jats:sup>+</jats:sup> B‐CLL in the Western literature have the VH5 and VH6 family types, while more cases in Japan are reported to have VH4 family. The occurrence of VH families in B‐CLL between Japanese and Western people seems to be comparable.</jats:p>

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