2023
Immunoglobulin Light Chains Control Permissiveness to Malignant B-Cell Transformation By RAS-Pathway Lesions
Chan L, Kume K, Hurtz C, Robinson M, Cosgun K, Müschen M. Immunoglobulin Light Chains Control Permissiveness to Malignant B-Cell Transformation By RAS-Pathway Lesions. Blood 2023, 142: 2974. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2023-190163.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchJeKo-1 cellsB cell precursorsMature B cellsB cellsMantle cell lymphoma cellsCell lymphoma cellsGenetic ablationImmunoglobulin light chainsRAS activationOncogenic RASMalignant transformationB-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemiaConventional light chainsRAS pathwayLymphoma cellsCell deathOncogenic RAS activationLight chainAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaMature B-cell lymphomasTransgenic mouse modelB-cell lymphomaB-cell malignanciesMalignant B-cell transformationKappa-LC
2020
IFITM3 functions as a PIP3 scaffold to amplify PI3K signalling in B cells
Lee J, Robinson ME, Ma N, Artadji D, Ahmed MA, Xiao G, Sadras T, Deb G, Winchester J, Cosgun KN, Geng H, Chan LN, Kume K, Miettinen TP, Zhang Y, Nix MA, Klemm L, Chen CW, Chen J, Khairnar V, Wiita AP, Thomas-Tikhonenko A, Farzan M, Jung JU, Weinstock DM, Manalis SR, Diamond MS, Vaidehi N, Müschen M. IFITM3 functions as a PIP3 scaffold to amplify PI3K signalling in B cells. Nature 2020, 588: 491-497. PMID: 33149299, PMCID: PMC8087162, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2884-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, CD19B-LymphocytesCell Transformation, NeoplasticFemaleGerminal CenterHumansIntegrinsMembrane MicrodomainsMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred NODModels, MolecularPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphatidylinositol PhosphatesPhosphorylationReceptors, Antigen, B-CellRNA-Binding ProteinsSignal TransductionConceptsPI3KCell leukemiaAntiviral effector functionsAntigen-specific antibodiesInterferon-induced transmembrane proteinsIFITM3 functionDevelopment of leukemiaCell surfacePoor outcomeOncogenic PI3KClinical cohortEffector functionsGerminal centersMouse modelB cellsExpression of IFITM3Malignant transformationAccumulation of PIP3PI3K signalsCell receptorNormal numbersLeukemiaDefective expressionEndosomal proteinIFITM3