2001
Oct-2 and Bob-1 deficiency in Hodgkin and Reed Sternberg cells.
Re D, Müschen M, Ahmadi T, Wickenhauser C, Staratschek-Jox A, Holtick U, Diehl V, Wolf J. Oct-2 and Bob-1 deficiency in Hodgkin and Reed Sternberg cells. Cancer Research 2001, 61: 2080-4. PMID: 11280769.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmunoglobulin gene expressionH-RS cellsGene expressionOct-2 transcriptsOct-2 proteinTranscription factor Oct-2Primary H-RS cellsCell linesTranscription machineryBob-1Gene deregulationOctamer siteHodgkin's disease-derived cell linesImmunoglobulin genesNovel mechanismGerminal center B cellsCrippling mutationsClassical Hodgkin's diseaseProtein expressionB cellsTranscriptsExpressionProteinReed-Sternberg cellsCellsEvidence that Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg cells in Hodgkin disease do not represent cell fusions
Küppers R, Bräuninger A, Müschen M, Distler V, Hansmann M, Rajewsky K. Evidence that Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg cells in Hodgkin disease do not represent cell fusions. Blood 2001, 97: 818-821. PMID: 11157505, DOI: 10.1182/blood.v97.3.818.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHodgkin's diseaseReed-Sternberg cellsHRS cellsT-cell receptor beta rearrangementsCases of HDClassical Hodgkin's diseaseCoexpression of markersCell fusionNumerical chromosomal abnormalitiesUnusual immunophenotypeT cellsRare caseB cellsBeta rearrangementChromosomal abnormalitiesGermline configurationIgH allelesDifferent hematopoietic lineagesDiseaseHodgkinCell generationCellsTCRbeta allelesHematopoietic lineagesImmunoglobulin genes
2000
Somatic Mutation of the Cd95 Gene in Human B Cells as a Side-Effect of the Germinal Center Reaction
Müschen M, Re D, Jungnickel B, Diehl V, Rajewsky K, Küppers R. Somatic Mutation of the Cd95 Gene in Human B Cells as a Side-Effect of the Germinal Center Reaction. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2000, 192: 1833-1840. PMID: 11120779, PMCID: PMC2213498, DOI: 10.1084/jem.192.12.1833.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDeath domainCD95 geneSomatic mutationsNegative selectionNon-Ig genesHuman B cellsSomatic hypermutation machineryApoptosis-resistant cellsTumor suppressor geneDD mutationsLast exonHypermutation machinerySuppressor geneApoptosis resistanceGenesB cellsImmunoglobulin genesGerminal center B cellsSomatic hypermutationMutationsCD95 pathwayGC B-cell lymphomasGC B cellsCellsGerminal center reaction