1. T-cell receptor gamma gene rearrangement analysis of classic Hodgkin lymphoma using a BIOMED-2 assay: a paraffin-embedded tissue analysis of one hundred cases.
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Takata K, Miyata-Takata T, Nishikori A, Haratake T, and Sato Y
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- Humans, Male, Adult, Female, Middle Aged, Aged, Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor, Paraffin Embedding, Aged, 80 and over, Adolescent, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta genetics, Reed-Sternberg Cells pathology, Reed-Sternberg Cells metabolism, Young Adult, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Hodgkin Disease genetics, Hodgkin Disease diagnosis
- Abstract
In the new WHO classifications of haematolymphoid tumours (WHO-HAEM5), classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) is categorized into B-cell lymphoid proliferations and lymphomas. Although the majority of Hodgkin Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells are of germinal center B-cell origin with some defects of B-cell transcription factors, they rarely express T-cell antigens or cytotoxic molecules. Clonality analyses on cHL samples using BIOMED-2 have been reported by several groups; however, those studies were only focused on Ig regions, including IgH, Ig-kappa, and Ig-lambda, and TCR-γ clonality analysis of cHL has not yet been explored. Here, we investigated TCR-γ gene rearrangement for one hundred cases using a PCR-based method. Four of one hundred (4%) cases showed TCR-γ clonal peaks. Of these, three were at an advanced stage and one patient died of the disease. To clarify whether HRS cells showed T-cell clonality or not, we performed PCR analysis using DNAs of microdissected HRS cells. Three samples showed identical clonal peaks with bulk specimens. Our results indicate that cHL is a heterogeneous disease of mainly B-cell and rarely T-cell origin with a special phenotype. Further molecular studies are warranted.
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- 2024
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