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ArticleLeukemia2025

Immunoglobulin light chain mutational status refines IGHV prognostic value in identifying chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients with early treatment requirement.

Jana Nabki, Bashar Al Deeban, Abel Mehari Sium, Chiara Cosentino, Mohammad Almasri, Bassel Awikeh, Nawar Maher, Matteo Bellia, Riccardo Dondolin, Samir Mouhssine and 20 more

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Article in Leukemia, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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30 authors.

Jana Nabki *Division of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.ORCID 0009-0008-6891-4825
Bashar Al Deeban *Division of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4218-1917
Abel Mehari SiumDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
Chiara CosentinoDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8199-4593
Mohammad AlmasriDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0048-3845
Bassel AwikehDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
Nawar MaherDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
Matteo BelliaDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
Riccardo DondolinDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
Samir MouhssineDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0389-3268
Donatella TalottaDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
Eleonora SecomandiDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
Sreekar KogilaDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
Joseph GhanejDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
Francesca MaiellaroDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.ORCID 0009-0003-0725-2876
Luca CividiniDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.ORCID 0009-0007-8096-7391
Silvia RasiDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
Annalisa ChiarenzaDivision of Haematology, Ferrarotto Hospital, Catania, Italy.
Jacopo OlivieriClinica Ematologica, Centro Trapianti e Terapie Cellulari "Carlo Melzi" DISM, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria S. Maria Misericordia, Udine, Italy.
Massimo GentileHematology Unit AO of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy.
Francesco ZajaDepartment of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Maria Ilaria Del PrincipeHematology, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Luca LaurentiDipartimento di Science di Laboratorio ed Ematologiche, Area di Ematologia, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore-Roma, Rome, Italy.
Riccardo BombenClinical and Experimental Onco-Hematology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO), IRCCS, Aviano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8746-9404
Filippo VitClinical and Experimental Onco-Hematology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO), IRCCS, Aviano, Italy.
Tamara BittoloClinical and Experimental Onco-Hematology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO), IRCCS, Aviano, Italy.
Antonella ZucchettoClinical and Experimental Onco-Hematology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO), IRCCS, Aviano, Italy.
Valter GatteiClinical and Experimental Onco-Hematology Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO), IRCCS, Aviano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5933-9680
Gianluca GaidanoDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4681-0151
Riccardo MoiaDivision of Hematology, Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy. riccardo.moia@uniupo.it.ORCID 0000-0001-7393-1138

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mutational status of immunoglobulin (IG) light chain genes in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and its clinical impact have not been extensively studied. To assess their prognostic significance, the IG light chain gene repertoire in CLL patients has been evaluated using a training-validation approach. In the training cohort (N = 573 CLL), 92.5% showed productive IG light chain genes rearrangements, with IGKV4-1 (20.5%) and IGLV3-21 (19.0%) being the most common. A 99.0% somatic hypermutation cut-off was identified as the best predictor for time to first treatment (TTFT) in 414 Binet A CLL patients of the training cohort. Patients with unmutated (UM) light chain genes displayed a 10-year treatment free probability of 32.4% versus 73.2% for those with mutated (M) genes (p < 0.0001). Importantly, UM light chain genes maintained an independent association with a shorter TTFT when adjusted for the IPS-E prognostic model variables, that also includes IGHV mutational status. The validation cohort of 343 Rai 0 patients confirmed these findings, with UM light chain genes predicting a 7-year treatment free probability of 42.0% versus 73.7% for M genes (p < 0.0001). These results indicate that the mutational status of the light chain genes is an independent predictor of shorter TTFT in early-stage CLL patients.

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Immunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin Light ChainsImmunoglobulin Variable RegionLeukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-CellMutationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorImmunoglobulin Heavy ChainsImmunoglobulin Light ChainsImmunoglobulin Variable Region

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PMID39690182
PMCPMC11879880

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