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ArticleModern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc2021

The mutational landscape of histiocytic sarcoma associated with lymphoid malignancy.

Caoimhe Egan, Justin Lack, Shannon Skarshaug, Thu Anh Pham, Zied Abdullaev, Liqiang Xi, Svetlana Pack, Stefania Pittaluga, Elaine S Jaffe, Mark Raffeld

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Article in Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Caoimhe EganLaboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Justin LackNIAID Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource (NCBR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Shannon SkarshaugLaboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Thu Anh PhamLaboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Zied AbdullaevLaboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Liqiang XiLaboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5033-7072
Svetlana PackLaboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Stefania PittalugaLaboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Elaine S JaffeLaboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4632-0301
Mark RaffeldLaboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. mraff@mail.nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

NCI COMPASS-Comprehensive Oncologic Molecular Pathology and Sequencing ServiceZIDBC011959 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI XI, LIQIANG · 2020 to 2025
$46.2M
Molecular Diagnostics Core LaboratoryZICBC011079 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI XI, LIQIANG · 2009 to 2025
$33.8M
Lymphoma Disease Discovery and DefintionZIASC000550 · NCI · DIVISION OF CLINICAL SCIENCES - NCI · PI JAFFE, ELAINE · 2009 to 2025
$16.9M
Hematopathology DiagnosisZIABC011070 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI JAFFE, ELAINE · 2009 to 2025
$14.5M
Hematopathology FellowshipZIEBC011241 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI JAFFE, ELAINE · 2009 to 2025
$11.1M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA SC000550Intramural NIH HHS ZID BC011959
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Histiocytic sarcoma and tumors with dendritic cell differentiation (HDT) are uncommon neoplasms often with an aggressive clinical course that may occur in association with another hematologic malignancy or mediastinal germ cell tumor (secondary HDT, sHDT). Previous studies have shown mutations in the RAS/MAPK pathway in HDT and have demonstrated a clonal relationship between HDT and associated lymphoid malignancies through common translocations or identical immunoglobulin or T-cell receptor gene rearrangements. We performed whole exome sequencing on 16 cases of sHDT to further evaluate the spectrum of mutations that occur in sHDT in the context of an associated lymphoid malignancy, including cases associated with follicular lymphoma (FL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma, B- and T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma and peripheral T-cell lymphoma, NOS. In addition, we assessed the clonal relationship between the HDT and the associated lymphoid malignancy in three cases for which matched samples were available. We found mutations in RAS/MAPK pathway genes in 14/16 cases of sHDT associated with diverse mature and precursor B-cell and T-cell neoplasms, involving KRAS (8/16), BRAF (2/16), NRAS (2/16), MAP2K1 (1/16), and NF1 (1/16). In addition, we note that FL-associated sHDT frequently shares a similar mutational profile to the associated malignancy, identifying mutations in CREBBP or KMT2D in all cases and "aberrant" somatic hypermutation in 5/6 cases. Our study confirms the role of the RAS/MAPK pathway in the pathogenesis of sHDT, provides further evidence of a common neoplastic precursor and, in the case of FL, gives additional insight into the stage in lymphomagenesis at which transdifferentiation may occur.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildChild, PreschoolDNA Mutational AnalysisExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesFemaleHistiocytic SarcomaHumansLymphomaMaleMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMiddle AgedNeoplasms, Multiple PrimaryExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinasesras Proteins

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PMID32929178
PMCPMC9161669
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