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Trial reportPloS one2019

Unraveling transformation of follicular lymphoma to diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Julia González-Rincón, Miriam Méndez, Sagrario Gómez, Juan F García, Paloma Martín, Carmen Bellas, Lucía Pedrosa, Socorro M Rodríguez-Pinilla, Francisca I Camacho, Cristina Quero and 20 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. A genetic profiling guideline to support diagnosis and clinical management of lymphomas.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2024
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  5. RHOA controls oncogenic B cell receptor signaling in aggressive lymphoma.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  8. Ubiquitin-conjugating Enzymes in Cancer.International journal of biological sciences · 2026
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  9. Audit of B-cell cancer genes.Blood advances · 2025
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  18. Monitoring of Circulating Tumor DNA Predicts Response to Treatment and Early Progression in Follicular Lymphoma: Results of a Prospective Pilot Study.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

30 authors at 16 institutions in 2 countries.

Julia González-RincónLymphoma Research Group, Medical Oncology Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana, Madrid, Spain.
Miriam MéndezLymphoma Research Group, Medical Oncology Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana, Madrid, Spain.
Sagrario GómezLymphoma Research Group, Medical Oncology Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana, Madrid, Spain.
Juan F GarcíaPathology Department, Hospital MD Anderson Cancer Center, Madrid, Spain.
Paloma MartínCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC),Madrid, Spain.
Carmen BellasCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC),Madrid, Spain.
Lucía PedrosaLymphoma Research Group, Medical Oncology Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana, Madrid, Spain.
Socorro M Rodríguez-PinillaCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC),Madrid, Spain.
Francisca I CamachoPathology Department, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain.
Cristina QueroMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Malaga, Spain.
David Pérez-CallejoLymphoma Research Group, Medical Oncology Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana, Madrid, Spain.
Antonio RuedaMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Costa del Sol, Malaga, Spain.
Marta LlanosMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
José Gómez-CodinaMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
Miguel A PirisCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC),Madrid, Spain.
Santiago Montes-MorenoCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer (CIBERONC),Madrid, Spain.
Carmen BárcenaPathology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
Delvys Rodríguez-AbreuMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canarias, Spain.
Javier MenárguezPathology Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
Luis de la Cruz-MerinoMedical Oncology Department Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Seville, Spain.
Silvia MonsalvoHematology Department, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Consuelo ParejoTIC Unit- Medical Oncology Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro- Segovia de Arana, Madrid, Spain.
Ana RoyuelaClinical Biostatistics Unit, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana, Madrid, Spain.
Ivo KweeInstitute of Oncology Research (IOR), Belinzona, Switzerland.
Luciano CascioneInstitute of Oncology Research (IOR), Belinzona, Switzerland.
Alberto ArribasInstitute of Oncology Research (IOR), Belinzona, Switzerland.
Francesco BertoniInstitute of Oncology Research (IOR), Belinzona, Switzerland.
Manuela MollejoPathology Department, Hospital Virgen de la Salud, Toledo, Spain.
Mariano ProvencioMedical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain.
Margarita Sánchez-BeatoLymphoma Research Group, Medical Oncology Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Puerta de Hierro-Segovia de Arana, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0058-7599
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago · ESHospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda · ESSIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics · CHHospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz · ESHospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria · ESHospital Costa del Sol · ESHospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón · ESHospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe · ESHospital Universitario 12 De Octubre · ESHospital Universitario de Canarias · ESHospital Universitario de Getafe · ESHospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria · ESHospital Universitario Virgen Macarena · ESHospital Virgen de la Salud · ESInstituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla · ESMD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Follicular lymphoma (FL) is an indolent but largely incurable disease. Some patients suffer histological transformation to a more aggressive subtype with poorer prognosis. This study aimed to improve our understanding of the genetics underlying FL histological transformation, and to identify genetic drivers or promoters of the transformation by elucidating the differences between FL samples from patients who did and did not transform. We conducted targeted massive parallel sequencing of 22 pre-transformed FL/transformed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma pairs and 20 diagnostic samples from non-transformed FL patients. Additionally, 22 matched samples from 11 transformed FL patients (pre-transformed FL and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma) and 9 non-transformed FLs were studied for copy number variation using SNP arrays. We identified recurrently mutated genes that were enriched at transformation, most notably LRP1B, GNA13 and POU2AF1, which have roles in B-cell differentiation, GC architecture and migration. Mutations in POU2AF1 might be associated with lower levels of expression, were more frequent in transformed FLs, and seemed to be specific to transformed- compared with de novo-diffuse large B-cell lymphomas. Pre-transformed FLs carried more mutations per sample and had greater subclonal heterogeneity than non-transformed FLs. Finally, we identified four mutated genes in FL samples that differed between patients who did and did not transform: NOTCH2, DTX1, UBE2A and HIST1H1E. The presence of mutations in these genes was associated with shorter time to transformation when mutated in the FL biopsies. This information might be useful for identifying patients at higher risk of transformation.

Indexed as

B-LymphocytesCell Transformation, NeoplasticLymphoma, FollicularLymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseMutationNeoplasm ProteinsAdultAgedBiopsyCell DifferentiationFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm Proteins

Identifiers

PMID30802265
PMCPMC6388933
OpenAlexW2916272011

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