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    Science. 1993 Oct 29;262(5134):747-50.

    Alterations of a zinc finger-encoding gene, BCL-6, in diffuse large-cell lymphoma.

    Ye BH, Lista F, Lo Coco F, Knowles DM, Offit K, Chaganti RS, Dalla-Favera R.

    Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.

    The molecular pathogenesis of diffuse large-cell lymphoma (DLCL), the most frequent and clinically relevant type of lymphoma, is unknown. A gene was cloned from chromosomal translocations affecting band 3q27, which are common in DLCL. This gene, BCL-6, codes for a 79-kilodalton protein that is homologous with zinc finger-transcription factors. In 33 percent (13 of 39) of DLCL samples, but not in other types of lymphoid malignancies, the BCL-6 gene is truncated within its 5' noncoding sequences, suggesting that its expression is deregulated. Thus, BCL-6 may be a proto-oncogene specifically involved in the pathogenesis of DLCL.

    PMID: 8235596 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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