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Not all IGHV3-21 chronic lymphocytic leukemias are equal: prognostic considerations.

Panagiotis Baliakas, Andreas Agathangelidis, Anastasia Hadzidimitriou, Lesley-Ann Sutton, Eva Minga, Athina Tsanousa, Lydia Scarfò, Zadie Davis, Xiao-Jie Yan, Tait Shanafelt and 38 more

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Panagiotis BaliakasDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;
Andreas AgathangelidisUniversità Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Division of Molecular Oncology and Department of Onco-Hematology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy;
Anastasia HadzidimitriouDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Institute of Applied Biosciences, Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece;
Lesley-Ann SuttonDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;
Eva MingaInstitute of Applied Biosciences, Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece;
Athina TsanousaDepartment of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;
Lydia ScarfòUniversità Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Division of Molecular Oncology and Department of Onco-Hematology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy;
Zadie DavisDepartment of Haematology, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, United Kingdom;
Xiao-Jie YanThe Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, NY;
Tait ShanafeltDivision of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN;
Karla PlevovaCentral European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic;
Yorick SandbergDepartment of Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
Fie Juhl VojdemanDepartment of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark;
Myriam BoudjograHôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Service d'Hématologie Biologique, Paris, France;
Tatiana TzenouFirst Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece;
Maria ChatzouliHematology Department, Nikea General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece;
Charles C ChuThe Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, NY;
Silvio VeroneseMolecular Pathology Unit and Haematology Department, Niguarda Cancer Center, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy;
Anne GardinerDepartment of Haematology, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, United Kingdom;
Larry MansouriDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;
Karin E SmedbyDepartment of Medicine, Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;
Lone Bredo PedersenDepartment of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark;
Denis MorenoImMunoGeneTics (IMGT), Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire d'Informatique Gaspard-Monge, Institut de Génétique Humaine, Montpellier, France;
Kirsten Van LomDepartment of Hematology, Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
Véronique GiudicelliImMunoGeneTics (IMGT), Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire d'Informatique Gaspard-Monge, Institut de Génétique Humaine, Montpellier, France;
Hana Skuhrova FrancovaCentral European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic;
Florence Nguyen-KhacHematology Department and University Pierre et Marie Curie, Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France;
Panagiotis PanagiotidisFirst Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece;
Gunnar JuliussonLund University and Hospital Department of Hematology, Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund, Sweden;
Lefteris AngelisDepartment of Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;
Achilles AnagnostopoulosHematology Department and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Unit, Georgios Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece;
Marie-Paule LefrancImMunoGeneTics (IMGT), Université de Montpellier, Laboratoire d'Informatique Gaspard-Monge, Institut de Génétique Humaine, Montpellier, France;
Monica FaccoDepartment of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Italy; Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padova, Italy;
Livio TrentinDepartment of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology Branch, Padua University School of Medicine, Italy; Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padova, Italy;
Mark CatherwoodDepartment of Hemato-Oncology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom;
Marco MontilloMolecular Pathology Unit and Haematology Department, Niguarda Cancer Center, Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy;
Christian H GeislerDepartment of Hematology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark;
Anton W LangerakDepartment of Immunology, Erasmus Medical Center, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
Sarka PospisilovaCentral European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University and University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic;
Nicholas ChiorazziThe Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Manhasset, NY;
David OscierDepartment of Haematology, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth, United Kingdom;
Diane F JelinekDepartment of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and.
Nikos DarzentasCentral European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Chrysoula BelessiHematology Department, Nikea General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece;
Frederic DaviHematology Department and University Pierre et Marie Curie, Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France;
Paolo GhiaUniversità Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Division of Molecular Oncology and Department of Onco-Hematology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy;
Richard RosenquistDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden;
Kostas StamatopoulosDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Institute of Applied Biosciences, Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece; Hematology Department and Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Unit, Georgios Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece;

Funding

Role of the BCR in B Cell Chronic Lymphocytic LeukemiaR01CA136591 · NCI · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI JELINEK, DIANE F · 2009 to 2013
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS CA136591NCI NIH HHS R01 CA136591
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An unresolved issue in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is whether IGHV3-21 gene usage, in general, or the expression of stereotyped B-cell receptor immunoglobulin defining subset #2 (IGHV3-21/IGLV3-21), in particular, determines outcome for IGHV3-21-utilizing cases. We reappraised this issue in 8593 CLL patients of whom 437 (5%) used the IGHV3-21 gene with 254/437 (58%) classified as subset #2. Within subset #2, immunoglobulin heavy variable (IGHV)-mutated cases predominated, whereas non-subset #2/IGHV3-21 was enriched for IGHV-unmutated cases (P = .002). Subset #2 exhibited significantly shorter time-to-first-treatment (TTFT) compared with non-subset #2/IGHV3-21 (22 vs 60 months, P = .001). No such difference was observed between non-subset #2/IGHV3-21 vs the remaining CLL with similar IGHV mutational status. In conclusion, IGHV3-21 CLL should not be axiomatically considered a homogeneous entity with adverse prognosis, given that only subset #2 emerges as uniformly aggressive, contrasting non-subset #2/IGVH3-21 patients whose prognosis depends on IGHV mutational status as the remaining CLL.

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Gene Expression Regulation, LeukemicAgedAntineoplastic AgentsB-LymphocytesFemaleGene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy ChainGenetic HeterogeneityHumansImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisSomatic Hypermutation, ImmunoglobulinSurvival AnalysisTime-to-TreatmentAntineoplastic AgentsImmunoglobulin Heavy Chains

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PMID25634617
PMCPMC4311230

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