BTG1 mutation yields supercompetitive B cells primed for malignant transformation
Mlynarczyk C, Teater M, Pae J, Chin C, Wang L, Arulraj T, Barisic D, Papin A, Hoehn K, Kots E, Ersching J, Bandyopadhyay A, Barin E, Poh H, Evans C, Chadburn A, Chen Z, Shen H, Isles H, Pelzer B, Tsialta I, Doane A, Geng H, Rehman M, Melnick J, Morgan W, Nguyen D, Elemento O, Kharas M, Jaffrey S, Scott D, Khelashvili G, Meyer-Hermann M, Victora G, Melnick A. BTG1 mutation yields supercompetitive B cells primed for malignant transformation. Science 2023, 379: eabj7412. PMID: 36656933, PMCID: PMC10515739, DOI: 10.1126/science.abj7412.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibody AffinityB-LymphocytesCell Transformation, NeoplasticGerminal CenterHumansLymphoma, Large B-Cell, DiffuseMiceMutationNeoplasm ProteinsSelection, GeneticConceptsGerminal center B cellsPositive selection signalsB-cell fitnessCell fitnessUnicellular organismsB cellsMulticellular lifeNatural selectionSelection signalsInduction kineticsGatekeeper mechanismAdaptive immune systemAltruistic cooperationNew mouse modelNormal counterpartsHuman lymphomasAntibody affinity maturationCellsInvasive lymphomaClinical outcomesMouse modelImmune systemMalignant transformationSupercompetitorsAffinity maturation