Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 3 (EBI3): a novel diagnosis marker in Burkitt lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma |
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Authors: | Gonin Julie Larousserie Frédérique Bastard Christian Picquenot Jean-Michel Couturier Jérôme Radford-Weiss Isabelle Dietrich Céline Brousse Nicole Vacher-Lavenu Marie-Cécile Devergne Odile |
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Institution: | CNRS UMR 8147, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France. |
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Abstract: | The distinction between Burkitt lymphoma (BL) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), two types of mature aggressive B-cell lymphomas that require distinct treatments, can be difficult because of forms showing features intermediate between DLBCL and BL (here called BL/DLBCL). They can be discriminated by the presence of c-myc translocations characteristic of BL. However, these are not exclusive of BL and when present in DLBCL are associated with lower survival. In this study, we show that Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 3 (EBI3) is differentially expressed among BL and DLBCL. Analysis of gene expression data from 502 cases of aggressive mature B-cell lymphomas available on Gene Expression Omnibus and immunohistochemical analysis of 184 cases of BL, BL/DLBCL or DLBCL, showed that EBI3 was not expressed in EBV-positive or -negative BL cases, whereas it was expressed by over 30% of tumoral cells in nearly 80% of DLBCL cases, independently of their subtypes. In addition, we show that c-myc overexpression represses EBI3 expression, and that DLBCL or BL/DLBCL cases with c-myc translocations have lower expression of EBI3. Thus, EBI3 immunohistochemistry could be useful to discriminate BL from DLBCL, and to identify cases of BL/DLBCL or DLBCL with potential c-myc translocations. |
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