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    Abnormalities on 1q and 7q are associated with poor outcome in sporadic Burkitt's lymphoma. A cytogenetic and comparative genomic hybridization study
    (Nature Publishing Group, 2003) Gonzalez, D. (D.); Hernandez, J.M. (J. M.); Gonzalez, M.B. (M. B.); Flores, T. (Teresa); Martinez-Climent, J.A. (José Ángel); Gutierrez, N.C. (Norma C.); García, J.L. (J. L.); Lopez-Capitan, C. (C.); Calasanz-Abinzano, M.J. (Maria Jose); Piris, M.A. (Miguel A.); Odero, M.D. (Maria Dolores); San-Miguel, J.F. (Jesús F.)
    Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) studies have demonstrated a high incidence of chromosomal imbalances in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. However, the information on the genomic imbalances in Burkitt's Lymphoma (BL) is scanty. Conventional cytogenetics was performed in 34 cases, and long-distance PCR for t(8;14) was performed in 18 cases. A total of 170 changes were present with a median of four changes per case (range 1-22). Gains of chromosomal material (143) were more frequent than amplifications (5) or losses (22). The most frequent aberrations were gains on chromosomes 12q (26%), Xq (22%), 22q (20%), 20q (17%) and 9q (15%). Losses predominantly involved chromosomes 13q (17%) and 4q (9%). High-level amplifications were present in the regions 1q23-31 (three cases), 6p12-p25 and 8p22-p23. Upon comparing BL vs Burkitt's cell leukemia (BCL), the latter had more changes (mean 4.3 +/- 2.2) than BL (mean 2.7 +/- 3.2). In addition, BCL cases showed more frequently gains on 8q, 9q, 14q, 20q, and 20q, 9q, 8q and 14q, as well as losses on 13q and 4q. Concerning outcome, the presence of abnormalities on 1q (ascertained either by cytogenetics or by CGH), and imbalances on 7q (P=0.01) were associated with a short survival.
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    Expression of MALT1 oncogene in hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells recapitulates the pathogenesis of human lymphoma in mice
    (National Academy of Sciences, 2012-06-26) Garcia-Criado, F.J. (Francisco J.); Sanchez-Garcia, I. (Isidro); Gonzalez, M. (Marcos); McPhail, E.D. (Ellen D.); Peñuelas-Sanchez, I. (Ivan); Flores, T. (Teresa); Lossos, I.S. (Izidore S.); Martinez-Climent, J.A. (José Ángel); Aznar, M.A. (María Ángela); Ruiz-Roca, L. (Lucía); Sagaert, X. (Xavier); Garcia-Bragado, F. (Federico); Tousseyn, T. (Thomas); Bertolo, C. (Cristina); Siebert, R. (Reiner); Martinez-Ferrandis, J.I. (José I.); Sagardoy, A. (Ainara); Bellosillo, B. (Beatriz); Romero-Camarero, I. (Isabel); Fontan, L. (Lorena); Garcia-Cenador, M.B. (María B.); Campos-Sanchez, E. (Elena); Hernandez-Rivas, J.M. (Jesús M.); Barajas-Diego, M. (Marcos); Du, M.Q. (Ming Q.); Cobaleda, C. (César); Gonzalez-Herrero, I. (Inés); Prosper-Cardoso, F. (Felipe); Segura, V. (Víctor); Conde, E. (Eulogio); Alonso-Escudero, E. (Esther); Salar, A. (Antonio); Aguirre-Ena, X. (Xabier); Abollo-Jimenez, F. (Fernando); Vicente-Dueñas, C. (Carolina)
    Chromosomal translocations involving the MALT1 gene are hallmarks of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. To date, targeting these translocations to mouse B cells has failed to reproduce human disease. Here, we induced MALT1 expression in mouse Sca1(+)Lin(-) hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, which showed NF-κB activation and early lymphoid priming, being selectively skewed toward B-cell differentiation. These cells accumulated in extranodal tissues and gave rise to clonal tumors recapitulating the principal clinical, biological, and molecular genetic features of MALT lymphoma. Deletion of p53 gene accelerated tumor onset and induced transformation of MALT lymphoma to activated B-cell diffuse large-cell lymphoma (ABC-DLBCL). Treatment of MALT1-induced lymphomas with a specific inhibitor of MALT1 proteolytic activity decreased cell viability, indicating that endogenous Malt1 signaling was required for tumor cell survival. Our study shows that human-like lymphomas can be modeled in mice by targeting MALT1 expression to hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, demonstrating the oncogenic role of MALT1 in lymphomagenesis. Furthermore, this work establishes a molecular link between MALT lymphoma and ABC-DLBCL, and provides mouse models to test MALT1 inhibitors. Finally, our results suggest that hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells may be involved in the pathogenesis of human mature B-cell lymphomas.