2009
Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase Accelerates Clonal Evolution of BCR-ABL1-Driven B Cell Lineage Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Gruber T, Chang M, Sposto R, Müschen M. Activation-Induced Cytidine Deaminase Accelerates Clonal Evolution of BCR-ABL1-Driven B Cell Lineage Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Blood 2009, 114: 181. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v114.22.181.181.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaAberrant AID expressionBCR-ABL1Lymphoblastic leukemiaB cellsBCR-ABL1 kinase domain mutationsB-cell lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemiaClonal evolutionTumor suppressor geneAberrant somatic hypermutationAID expressionB-cell lymphomaKinase domain mutationsGerminal center B cellsBone marrow cellsSuppressor geneBCR-ABL1 kinaseGC B cellsHazard ratioMedian survivalGenetic instabilityImatinib treatmentSomatic hypermutationB-cell lymphomagenesisCell lymphoma
2008
Lymphoid Blast Crisis Transformation and Development of Drug- Resistance in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Are Driven by Aberrant Somatic Hypermutation
Klemm L, Duy C, Feldhahn N, Groffen J, Kim Y, Hofmann W, Jumaa H, Lieber M, Casellas R, Muschen M. Lymphoid Blast Crisis Transformation and Development of Drug- Resistance in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Are Driven by Aberrant Somatic Hypermutation. Blood 2008, 112: 571. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v112.11.571.571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic phase chronic myeloid leukemiaPhase chronic myeloid leukemiaChronic myeloid leukemiaLymphoid blast crisisGerminal center B cellsAberrant somatic hypermutationSomatic hypermutationBCR-ABL1 kinase domainKinase domainEctopic expressionB cell lineage commitmentB-cell-specific transcription factor Pax5Lineage-specific activationCML cellsAID protein levelsImatinib resistanceAberrant activationB cellsTranscription factor Pax5AID expressionBCR-ABL1Cell lineage commitmentCytidine deaminase AIDDownstream regulatory elementsB-cell-specific activation
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