Detailed Information on Publication Record
2013
Stereotyped B Cell Receptors in B Cell Leukemias and Lymphomas
DARZENTAS, Nikos and Kostas STAMATOPOULOSBasic information
Original name
Stereotyped B Cell Receptors in B Cell Leukemias and Lymphomas
Authors
DARZENTAS, Nikos (300 Greece, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Kostas STAMATOPOULOS (300 Greece)
Edition
Vol. 971. London, Lymphoma, p. 135-148, 14 pp. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2013
Publisher
Humana Press
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize
Field of Study
30200 3.2 Clinical medicine
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
printed version "print"
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14740/13:00072871
Organization unit
Central European Institute of Technology
ISBN
978-1-62703-268-1
Keywords in English
B cell receptor; Immunoglobulin gene; CDR3; antigen; pattern; stereotypy; bioinformatics
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 8/4/2014 11:24, Olga Křížová
Abstract
V originále
Recent research has revealed the existence of subsets (clusters) of patients with different types of B-cell lymphomas and leukemias with restricted, “stereotyped” immunoglobulin (IG) variable heavy complementarity-determining region 3 (VH CDR3) sequences within their B cell receptors (BcR), suggesting selection by common epitopes or classes of structurally similar epitopes. BcR stereotypy was initially described in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), where it constitutes a remarkably frequent feature of the IG repertoire, and subsequently identified in other malignancies, including mantle cell lymphoma and splenic marginal-zone lymphoma. Of note, at least in CLL, emerging evidence indicates that the grouping of cases into distinct clusters with stereotyped BcR is functionally and prognostically relevant. Hence, the reliable identification of BcR stereotypy may assist in the investigation of the nature of the selecting antigens and immune pathways leading to lymphoma development, and also potentially pave the way for tailored treatment strategies applicable to each major stereotyped subset. In this chapter, we provide an overview of BcR stereotypy in human B-cell malignancies, and outline previous and current methodological approaches used for its identification.