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. 1993 Oct 29;262(5134):747-50.
doi: 10.1126/science.8235596.

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

B H Ye  1 , F Lista, F Lo Coco, D M Knowles, K Offit, R S Chaganti, R Dalla-Favera
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Alterations of a zinc finger-encoding gene, BCL-6, in diffuse large-cell lymphoma

B H Ye et al. Science. .

Abstract

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.

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