Molecular Single-Cell Analysis of Hodgkin- and Reed-Sternberg Cells Harboring Unmutated Immunoglobulin Variable Region Genes
Müschen M, Küppers R, Spieker T, Bräuninger A, Rajewsky K, Hansmann M. Molecular Single-Cell Analysis of Hodgkin- and Reed-Sternberg Cells Harboring Unmutated Immunoglobulin Variable Region Genes. Laboratory Investigation 2001, 81: 289-295. PMID: 11310822, DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3780237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmunoglobulin variable region genesRegion genesVariable region genesGerminal center B cellsSomatic mutationsFounder cellsGerminal center founder cellsB cellsGenesIntrinsic propensityClonal progenyUnmutated immunoglobulin variable region genesClassical Hodgkin's diseaseAntigen-experienced B cellsCell analysisRS cellsMutationsNaive B cellsReed-Sternberg cellsCellsB-lineageLineagesProgenyClonesApoptosisOct-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