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Alberti A, Stocker G, Lordick F, Hacker UT, Kobitzsch B, Haffner I, Baiocchi GL, Zamparini M, Tiberio GAM, Baronchelli C, Caruso A, Bossi P, Berruti A. Plasma EBV DNA as a prognostic factor in EBV associated gastric cancer: a multicenter, prospective study (EBV PRESAGE study). Front Oncol 2023; 13:1276138. [PMID: 37941551 PMCID: PMC10629611 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1276138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Purpose The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network identified Epstein-Barr-Virus (EBV)-positive gastric cancer as a distinct molecular subtype. The prevalence is 8-9% and the histological examination shows pronounced lymphocytic infiltration, elevated levels of IFN-γ and consequently overexpression of PD-L1. The role of plasma EBV DNA load as a prognostic factor in patients with this cancer subtype is still to be defined. Methods and analysis The present multicenter prospective observational study "EBV PRESAGE", involving German and Italian cancer centers, aims to evaluate the prognostic role of plasma EBV DNA in EBV-related gastric cancer (GC). The objective is to study the association between plasma EBV DNA load at different consecutive time points and the patient's prognosis. Every patient with a new diagnosis of gastric cancer (including gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma) will be screened for Epstein-Barr encoded small Region (EBER) on tissue biopsies using in situ hybridization (ISH). If EBER ISH is positive, blood analysis for plasma EBV DNA will be conducted. The plasma EBV quantitative analysis will be centralized, and extraction, detection, and quantification of EBV DNA in plasma samples will be performed using real-time PCR. Discussion We hypothesized that plasma EBV DNA represents a non-invasive tool for monitoring EBV-related GC and might be valuable as a prognostic marker.
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- Andrea Alberti
- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia at the Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST)-Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine II (Oncology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Pulmonology), University Cancer Center Leipzig (UCCL), University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II (Oncology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Pulmonology), University Cancer Center Leipzig (UCCL), University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II (Oncology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Pulmonology), University Cancer Center Leipzig (UCCL), University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II (Oncology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Pulmonology), University Cancer Center Leipzig (UCCL), University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II (Oncology, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Pulmonology), University Cancer Center Leipzig (UCCL), University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Surgical Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia at the Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST), Cremona, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia at the Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST)-Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Surgical Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia at the Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST)-Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST)-Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Microbiology Unit, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia-Spedali Civili at the Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) – Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Medical Oncology and Hematology Unit, Humanitas University, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences, and Public Health, University of Brescia at the Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST)-Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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Scholte LL, Bethony JM, Xian RR. Diagnosis and monitoring of virus-associated cancer using cell-free DNA. Curr Opin Virol 2023; 60:101331. [PMID: 37187125 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2023.101331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Viral-associated cancers are a distinct group of malignancies with a unique pathogenesis and epidemiology. Liquid biopsy is a minimally invasive way to identify tumor-associated abnormalities in blood derivatives, such as plasma, to guide the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of patients with cancer. Liquid biopsy encompasses a multitude of circulating analytes with the most extensively studied being cell-free DNA (cfDNA). In recent decades, substantial advances have been made toward the study of circulating tumor DNA in nonviral-associated cancers. Many of these observations have been translated to the clinic to improve the outcomes of patients with cancer. The study of cfDNA in viral-associated cancers is rapidly evolving and reveals tremendous potential for clinical applications. This review provides an overview of the pathogenesis of viral-associated malignancies, the current state of cfDNA analysis in oncology, the current state of cfDNA analysis in viral-associated cancers, and perspectives for the future of liquid biopsies in viral-associated cancers.
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- Larissa Ls Scholte
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington DC, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington DC, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States; Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
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Lupo J, Truffot A, Andreani J, Habib M, Epaulard O, Morand P, Germi R. Virological Markers in Epstein–Barr Virus-Associated Diseases. Viruses 2023; 15:v15030656. [PMID: 36992365 PMCID: PMC10051789 DOI: 10.3390/v15030656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is an oncogenic virus infecting more than 95% of the world’s population. After primary infection—responsible for infectious mononucleosis in young adults—the virus persists lifelong in the infected host, especially in memory B cells. Viral persistence is usually without clinical consequences, although it can lead to EBV-associated cancers such as lymphoma or carcinoma. Recent reports also suggest a link between EBV infection and multiple sclerosis. In the absence of vaccines, research efforts have focused on virological markers applicable in clinical practice for the management of patients with EBV-associated diseases. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is an EBV-associated malignancy for which serological and molecular markers are widely used in clinical practice. Measuring blood EBV DNA load is additionally, useful for preventing lymphoproliferative disorders in transplant patients, with this marker also being explored in various other EBV-associated lymphomas. New technologies based on next-generation sequencing offer the opportunity to explore other biomarkers such as the EBV DNA methylome, strain diversity, or viral miRNA. Here, we review the clinical utility of different virological markers in EBV-associated diseases. Indeed, evaluating existing or new markers in EBV-associated malignancies or immune-mediated inflammatory diseases triggered by EBV infection continues to be a challenge.
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- Julien Lupo
- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, UMR 5075 CEA/CNRS/UGA, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Virologie, CHU Grenoble Alpes, CS 10217, CEDEX 09, 38043 Grenoble, France
- Correspondence:
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, UMR 5075 CEA/CNRS/UGA, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Virologie, CHU Grenoble Alpes, CS 10217, CEDEX 09, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, UMR 5075 CEA/CNRS/UGA, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Virologie, CHU Grenoble Alpes, CS 10217, CEDEX 09, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, UMR 5075 CEA/CNRS/UGA, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, UMR 5075 CEA/CNRS/UGA, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Service de Maladies Infectieuses, CHU Grenoble Alpes, CS 10217, CEDEX 09, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, UMR 5075 CEA/CNRS/UGA, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Virologie, CHU Grenoble Alpes, CS 10217, CEDEX 09, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale, Université Grenoble Alpes, UMR 5075 CEA/CNRS/UGA, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
- Laboratoire de Virologie, CHU Grenoble Alpes, CS 10217, CEDEX 09, 38043 Grenoble, France
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Ahmed N, Abusalah MAHA, Farzand A, Absar M, Yusof NY, Rabaan AA, AlSaihati H, Alshengeti A, Alwarthan S, Alsuwailem HS, Alrumaih ZA, Alsayyah A, Yean CY. Updates on Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-Associated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: Emphasis on the Latent Gene Products of EBV. Medicina (B Aires) 2022; 59:medicina59010002. [PMID: 36676626 PMCID: PMC9863520 DOI: 10.3390/medicina59010002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an uncommon type of malignancy/cancer worldwide. However, NPC is an endemic disease in southeast Asia and southern China and the reasons behind the underlying for such changes are unclear. Even though the Epstein-Barr infection (EBV) has been suggested as an important reason for undistinguishable NPC, the EBV itself is not adequate to source this type of cancer. The risk factors, for example, genetic susceptibility, and environmental factors might be associated with EBV to undertake a part in the NPC carcinogenesis. Normal healthy people have a memory B cell pool where the EBV persists, and any disturbance of this connection leads to virus-associated B cell malignancies. Less is known about the relationship between EBV and epithelial cell tumors, especially the EBV-associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (EBVaNPC) and EBV-associated gastric carcinoma (EBVaGC). Currently, it is believed that premalignant genetic changes in epithelial cells contribute to the aberrant establishment of viral latency in these tumors. The early and late phases of NPC patients' survival rates vary significantly. The presence of EBV in all tumor cells presents prospects for the development of innovative therapeutic and diagnostic techniques, despite the fact that the virus's exact involvement in the carcinogenic process is presently not very well known. EBV research continues to shed light on the carcinogenic process, which is important for a more comprehensive knowledge of tumor etiology and the development of targeted cancer therapeutics. In order to screen for NPC, EBV-related biomarkers have been widely used in a few high-incidence locations because of their close associations with the risks of NPC. The current review highlights the scientific importance of EBV and its possible association with NPC.
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- Naveed Ahmed
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Allied Health Science, Superior University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia
- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Public Health and Nutrition, The University of Haripur, Haripur 22610, Pakistan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Hafr Al Batin, Hafr Al Batin 39831, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah 41491, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, National Guard Health Affairs, Al-Madinah 41491, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Princess Norah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 84428, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia
- Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Zhou J, Huang J, Xiao M, Wang Y, Zhang W, Wan J, Xiao Y, Zhou J. Epstein-Barr virus copy number in peripheral blood mononuclear cells predicts prognosis in diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 2022; 63:1589-1597. [PMID: 35275511 DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2022.2045595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a heterogeneous disease with variable outcomes. In this study, data of 84 DLBCL patients, who were tested EBV DNA in peripheral blood, were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into three subgroups according to EBV copy number (EBV-CN) values: the negative (<500 copies/ml), low (500-104 copies/ml), and high EBV-CN group (≥104 copies/ml). The higher EBV-CN was associated with male and elderly patients. No significant difference was found between the three subgroups regarding immunophenotype, cytogenetic features, and molecular features. Patients of the high EBV-CN group had significantly worse progression-free and overall survival (OS) compared to other groups. After adjusting conventional risk factors, high EBV-CN was an independent prognostic factor for OS in multivariate analysis. Taken together, peripheral blood EBV-CN can predict outcomes of patients with DLBCL and 104 copies/ml is a more suitable boundary value than the traditional normal value in predicting prognosis.
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- Jing Zhou
- Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pathology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Song J, Kim JY, Kim S, Park Y. Utility of Epstein-Barr Viral Load in Blood for Diagnosis and Predicting Prognosis of Lymphoma: A Comparison with Epstein-Barr Virus-Encoded RNA in Situ Hybridization. J Mol Diagn 2022; 24:977-991. [PMID: 35718093 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoldx.2022.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 04/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous pathogen that persists in a small portion of B cells after primary infection and is etiologically associated with multiple lymphoma subtypes. Herein, we evaluated the clinical utility of EBV real-time quantitative PCR in comparison with the widely used Epstein-Barr virus-encoded RNA (EBER) in situ hybridization (ISH) method in 912 patients with four lymphoma subtypes: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTCL), peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL), and Hodgkin lymphoma. We also assessed the impact of EBV positivity determined from each method or a combination of both methods on mortality using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox proportional hazard regression. EBV real-time quantitative PCR identified more positive cases than EBER-ISH for all subtypes, except ENKTCL. EBV DNA-positive patients with ENKTCL and PTCL displayed poorer overall survival (OS) than EBV DNA-negative patients (P = 0.0016 and P = 0.0013, respectively). In addition, among those with EBER-positive DLBCL and ENKTL and those with EBER-negative PTCL, OS was significantly worse for EBV DNA-positive patients (P = 0.027, P = 0.0016, and P = 0.0018, respectively). EBER positivity was associated with worse OS for DLBCL (P = 0.037), in reanalyses including only the 862 patients with unambiguous EBER-ISH results. Overall, EBV DNA positivity is a more effective prognostic marker than EBER-ISH status for patients with certain lymphoma subtypes.
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- Junhyup Song
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Gul G, Ceyhan M, Ince D, Olgun N, Ozer E. Expression Profile of Selected Antitumor Immune Response Genes in Pediatric Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2022; 30:358-365. [PMID: 35293362 DOI: 10.1097/pai.0000000000001019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) is one of the most common pediatric solid tumors and is responsible for cancer-related deaths in children. Therefore, to modulate the active antitumor T-cell immune response in cHL can be a treatment strategy. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the expression profiles of selected antitumor immune response genes in pediatric cHL and their relationships with clinical and prognostic parameters to determine their significance in precision medicine. Thirty-nine pediatric nodal cHL patients were enrolled in the study. We analyzed mRNA expression of selected immune response regulatory genes such as PD-L1, CSF2, CTLA4, CXCL5, IDO1, CXCL8, MIF, NOS2, PDCD1, PTGS2, and TGFβ1 using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Only PD-L1 overexpression was statistically related to bulky disease, advanced tumor stage, and high-risk disease category and seen significantly in Epstein-Barr virus-negative pediatric cHL. No expression profiles were correlated with relapse or survival. We conclude that PD-L1 overexpression in pediatric cHL cases is a strong predictor of high-risk categorization. In addition to being a prognostic biomarker, PD-L1 blockade is also a druggable marker for the targeted therapy in Epstein-Barr virus-negative pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma.
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- Clinical Oncology, Dokuz Eylul University Institute of Oncology
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- Clinical Oncology, Dokuz Eylul University Institute of Oncology
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- Division of Tumor Pathology, Department of Clinical Oncology, Dokuz Eylul University Institute of Oncology, Izmir, Turkey
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Epstein–Barr Virus (EBV) Genotypes Associated with the Immunopathological Profile of People Living with HIV-1: Immunological Aspects of Primary EBV Infection. Viruses 2022; 14:v14020168. [PMID: 35215762 PMCID: PMC8880155 DOI: 10.3390/v14020168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the immunological profile of adult HIV-1+ patients coinfected with primary Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection who were free of antiretroviral drugs and inhabitants of the Brazilian Amazon region. Materials and methods: Primary EBV infection was screened by the semiquantitative detection of IgM and IgG anti-VCA. Genotypes were determined by conventional PCR. EBV and HIV viral load (VL) were quantified by real-time PCR. Cytokine dosage and cell quantification were performed by cytometry. Results: Only HIV-1+ individuals had primary EBV infection (7.12%). The EBV-1 genotype was the most prevalent (47.37%). The VL of HIV-1 was lower in the HIV/EBV-2 group. CD4+ T lymphocytes were inversely proportional to the VL of EBV in HIV/EBV-1/2 multi-infected patients. The HIV/EBV-2 group had the lowest cytokine levels, especially IFN-γ and IL-4. Different correlations were proposed for each coinfection. The late search for specific care related to HIV infection directly affected the cytokine profile and the number of CD8+ T lymphocytes. Symptoms were associated with the increase in VL of both viruses and cytokine profile. Conclusions: Different immunological profiles were associated with EBV genotypes in primary infection, with EBV-2 being more frequent in patients with low levels of HIV viral load. With late infection monitoring and consequent delay in the initiation of HAART, clinical changes and effects on the maintenance of the immune response were observed.
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Checkpoint protein expression in the tumor microenvironment defines the outcome of classical Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Blood Adv 2021; 6:1919-1931. [PMID: 34941990 PMCID: PMC8941476 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021006189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Emerging evidence indicates a major impact for the tumor microenvironment (TME) and immune escape in the pathogenesis and clinical course of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). We used gene expression profiling (n=88), CIBERSORT, and multiplex immunohistochemistry (n=131) to characterize the immunoprofile of cHL TME, and correlated the findings with survival. Gene expression analysis divided tumors into subgroups with T cell-inflamed and non-inflamed TME. Several macrophage-related genes were upregulated in samples with the non-T cell-inflamed TME, and based on the immune cell proportions, the samples clustered according to the content of T cells and macrophages. A cluster with high proportions of checkpoint protein (PD-1, PD-L1, IDO-1, LAG-3, and TIM-3) positive immune cells translated to unfavorable overall survival (OS) (5-year OS 76% vs. 96%, P=0.010), and remained as an independent prognostic factor for OS in multivariable analysis (HR 4.34, 95% CI 1.05-17.91, P=0.043). cHLs with high proportions of checkpoint proteins overexpressed genes coding for cytolytic factors, proposing paradoxically that they were immunologically active. This checkpoint molecule gene signature translated to inferior survival in a validation cohort of 290 diagnostic cHL samples (P<0.001) and in an expansion cohort of 84 cHL relapse samples (P=0.048). Our findings demonstrate the impact of T cell- and macrophage-mediated checkpoint system on the survival of patients with cHL.
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Usha MK, Jahan JA, Islam SRU, Begum F, Ahsan CR, Yasmin M. Evaluation of plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA as a biomarker for Epstein-Barr virus-associated Hodgkin lymphoma. SAGE Open Med 2021; 9:20503121211054991. [PMID: 34733516 PMCID: PMC8559190 DOI: 10.1177/20503121211054991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Objectives: Epstein–Barr virus is a tumorigenic virus and has been extensively studied as a causative agent for Hodgkin lymphoma. Although immunostaining of the tumor biopsy is the standard method for diagnosis of Epstein–Barr virus-driven Hodgkin lymphoma, the invasiveness of the procedure renders it difficult and less desirable for the patients. Therefore, we designed this study to evaluate the efficiency of plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA detection as an alternative diagnostic and prognostic method for Epstein–Barr virus–associated Hodgkin lymphoma. Methods: This analytical cross-sectional study was conducted during March 2017 to December 2018 including 43 Hodgkin lymphoma patients diagnosed histopathologically followed by the latent membrane protein-1 immunohistochemistry to determine their Epstein–Barr virus association. Plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA in these samples was measured using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Results: Of total, 29 (67.44%) patients tested positive for plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA. On comparing results of latent membrane protein-1 immunohistochemistry (IHC) with plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA, plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA was found in 25 of 30 patients with latent membrane protein-1 expression and 4 of 13 patients without latent membrane protein-1 expression. The sensitivity and the specificity of plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA detection with respect to latent membrane protein-1 IHC were found to be 83.33% and 69.23%, respectively (p = 0.0014). Conclusion: Determination of plasma Epstein–Barr virus DNA was found to be highly sensitive and specific in characterizing Epstein–Barr virus–associated Hodgkin lymphoma, suggesting that this diagnostic method holds promise as an alternative and more convenient method of diagnosis compared with tissue biopsy.
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- Department of Pathology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Virology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pathology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Verdu-Bou M, Tapia G, Hernandez-Rodriguez A, Navarro JT. Clinical and Therapeutic Implications of Epstein-Barr Virus in HIV-Related Lymphomas. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:5534. [PMID: 34771697 PMCID: PMC8583310 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13215534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The incidence of lymphomas is increased in people living with HIV (PLWH). Aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) are the most common and are considered an AIDS-defining cancer (ADC). Although Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is not considered an ADC, its incidence is also increased in PLWH. Among all HIV-related lymphomas (HRL), the prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is high. It has been shown that EBV is involved in different lymphomagenic mechanisms mediated by some of its proteins, contributing to the development of different lymphoma subtypes. Additionally, cooperation between both HIV and EBV can lead to the proliferation of aberrant B-cells, thereby being an additional lymphomagenic mechanism in EBV-associated HRL. Despite the close relationship between EBV and HRL, the impact of EBV on clinical aspects has not been extensively studied. These lymphomas are treated with the same therapeutic regimens as the general population in combination with cART. Nevertheless, new therapeutic strategies targeting EBV are promising for these lymphomas. In this article, the different types of HRL are extensively reviewed, focusing on the influence of EBV on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and pathological characteristics of each lymphoma subtype. Moreover, novel therapies targeting EBV and future strategies to treat HRL harboring EBV are discussed.
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- Miriam Verdu-Bou
- Lymphoid Neoplasms Group, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Can Ruti Campus, 08916 Badalona, Spain;
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- Department of Pathology, Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Spain;
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- Department of Microbiology, Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Spain;
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- Lymphoid Neoplasms Group, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, Can Ruti Campus, 08916 Badalona, Spain;
- Department of Hematology, Institut Català d’Oncologia-Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital, 08916 Badalona, Spain
- Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Spain
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Munjal T, Vukkadala N, Hazard FK, Meister KD. Next-Generation Sequencing as an Auxiliary Tool in Pediatric Laryngeal Lymphoma Diagnosis. Pediatrics 2021; 148:peds.2020-047662. [PMID: 34716219 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-047662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Lymphomatous involvement of the larynx is a rare entity. We present a case of atypical laryngotracheitis as the initial manifestation of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a pediatric patient. The diagnosis was aided through the use of microbial cell-free DNA (mcfDNA) testing, which detected the presence of Epstein-Barr virus in the patient's plasma. This enabled the consideration of an Epstein-Barr virus-related lymphoproliferative process, leading to additional workup and the final diagnosis of lymphoma. To our knowledge, this is the first case of mcfDNA testing leading not simply to an infectious organism, but further to a new oncologic diagnosis. Plasma mcfDNA testing has the potential to inform clinical practice beyond classic infectious disease manifestations. In this article, we review both the possible future applications and the areas of further investigation that remain.
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- Tina Munjal
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Pathology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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Shen Z, Hu L, Yao M, He C, Liu Q, Wang F, Gu W, Wang Y, Dong M, Zhu T, Yin T, Li F, Jin Y, Huang S, Zhang H, Sang W. Disparity analysis and prognostic value of pretreatment whole blood Epstein-Barr virus DNA load and Epstein-Barr encoding region status in lymphomas: A retrospective multicenter study in Huaihai Lymphoma Working Group. Int J Cancer 2021; 150:327-334. [PMID: 34520566 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Elevated Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA load is common in lymphomas. However, it remains unclear whether the disparity in viral load and its prognostic value in lymphomas are correlated with Epstein-Barr encoding region (EBER) status. In this retrospective multicenter study, we collected the data of pretreatment whole blood EBV DNA (pre-EBV DNA) and EBER status and evaluated their disparity and prognostic values in lymphomas. A total of 454 lymphoma patients from December 2014 to August 2020 were retrospectively retrieved. Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Bonferroni's adjustment were used to explore the disparity of EBV DNA and EBER status in lymphomas. Time-dependent receiver operating characteristic analysis and MaxStat analysis were used to determine optimal cutoff points of pre-EBV DNA load. Univariable and multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were established for the estimation of prognostic factors. The positive rate of EBV DNA in natural killer T-cell lymphoma (NKTL) patients was higher than that in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), follicular lymphoma (FL) and Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) patients, and the median positive pre-EBV copy number of NKTL was also higher than that of FL and DLBCL. EBV DNA could clearly distinguish the prognosis of DLBCL, NKTL, HL and peripheral T-cell lymphoma, and the integration of EBER status and EBV DNA could differentiate the prognosis of HL patients. Multivariable results revealed that pre-EBV DNA load had an effect on the prognosis of NKTL, FL and DLBCL. The status of pre-EBV DNA and EBER were disparate. Whole blood pre-EBV DNA predicted the prognosis of lymphomas, and the combination of EBV and EBER status could differentiate the prognosis of HL.
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- Ziyuan Shen
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First People's Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou, China
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- Department of Personnel, Suqian First Hospital, Suqian, China
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- Department of Hematology, The General Hospital of Wanbei Coal-Electric Group, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, The General Hospital of Wanbei Coal-Electric Group, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Hematology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Center for Medical Statistics and Data Analysis, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Center for Medical Statistics and Data Analysis, School of Public Health, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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Reduced frequency of cytotoxic CD56 dim CD16 + NK cells leads to impaired antibody-dependent degranulation in EBV-positive classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Cancer Immunol Immunother 2021; 71:13-24. [PMID: 33993319 PMCID: PMC8738354 DOI: 10.1007/s00262-021-02956-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Around 30–50% of classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) cases in immunocompetent individuals from industrialized countries are associated with the B-lymphotropic Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Although natural killer (NK) cells exhibit anti-viral and anti-tumoral functions, virtually nothing is known about quantitative and qualitative differences in NK cells in patients with EBV+ cHL vs. EBV- cHL. Here, we prospectively investigated 36 cHL patients without known immune suppression or overt immunodeficiency at diagnosis. All 10 EBV+ cHL patients and 25 out 26 EBV- cHL were seropositive for EBV antibodies, and EBV+ cHL patients presented with higher plasma EBV DNA levels compared to EBV- cHL patients. We show that the CD56dim CD16+ NK cell subset was decreased in frequency in EBV+ cHL patients compared to EBV- cHL patients. This quantitative deficiency translates into an impaired CD56dim NK cell mediated degranulation toward rituximab-coated HLA class 1 negative lymphoblastoid cells in EBV+ compared to EBV- cHL patients. We finally observed a trend to a decrease in the rituximab-associated degranulation and ADCC of in vitro expanded NK cells of EBV+ cHL compared to healthy controls. Our findings may impact on the design of adjunctive treatment targeting antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity in EBV+ cHL.
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Qin JQ, Yin H, Wu JZ, Chen RZ, Xia Y, Wang L, Zhu HY, Fan L, Li JY, Liang JH, Xu W. Pretreatment whole blood Epstein-Barr virus DNA predicts prognosis in Hodgkin lymphoma. Leuk Res 2021; 107:106607. [PMID: 33957372 DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2021.106607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The study investigated pretreatment Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA status and its prognostic values in 96 patients newly diagnosed Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). With 13.5 % patients in positive EBV DNA status before therapy, the positive group had inferior progression-free survival (PFS) (P = 0.023) as well as overall survival (OS) (P = 0.001). Pretreatment EBV DNA positivity was observed as an independent prognostic factor in OS (P = 0.036) while a trend to predict PFS (P = 0.064). By monitoring changes of EBV DNA copies in 13 patients with positive pretreatment EBV DNA status, 5 of 6 patients with complete response (CR) had their copies undetectable after 3 cycles of first-line treatment and 7 patients with progressive disease (PD) all had elevated EBV DNA copies during their relapsed period. Whole blood EBV DNA may be an adjunctive biomarker to reflect treatment response, risk of disease relapse as well as prognosis in HL patients.
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- Jia-Qi Qin
- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
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- Department of Hematology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, 210029, China; Key Laboratory of Hematology of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210029, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Personalized Medicine, Nanjing 210029, China.
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Fournier B, Boutboul D, Bruneau J, Miot C, Boulanger C, Malphettes M, Pellier I, Dunogué B, Terrier B, Suarez F, Blanche S, Castelle M, Winter S, Delecluse HJ, Molina T, Picard C, Ehl S, Moshous D, Galicier L, Barlogis V, Fischer A, Neven B, Latour S. Rapid identification and characterization of infected cells in blood during chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection. J Exp Med 2021; 217:152032. [PMID: 32812031 PMCID: PMC7596820 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20192262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2019] [Revised: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) preferentially infects epithelial cells and B lymphocytes and sometimes T and NK lymphocytes. Persistence of EBV-infected cells results in severe lymphoproliferative disorders (LPDs). Diagnosis of EBV-driven T or NK cell LPD and chronic active EBV diseases (CAEBV) is difficult, often requiring biopsies. Herein, we report a flow-FISH cytometry assay that detects cells expressing EBV-encoded small RNAs (EBERs), allowing rapid identification of EBV-infected cells among PBMCs. EBV-infected B, T, and/or NK cells were detectable in various LPD conditions. Diagnosis of CAEBV in 22 patients of Caucasian and African origins was established. All exhibited circulating EBV-infected T and/or NK cells, highlighting that CAEBV is not restricted to native American and Asian populations. Proportions of EBV-infected cells correlated with blood EBV loads. We showed that EBV-infected T cells had an effector memory activated phenotype, whereas EBV-infected B cells expressed plasma cell differentiation markers. Thus, this method achieves accurate and unambiguous diagnoses of different forms of EBV-driven LPD and represents a powerful tool to study their pathophysiological mechanisms.
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- Benjamin Fournier
- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV Infection, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.,Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Saint-Louis Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Paris, France.,Department of Pathology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital, Angers, France
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- Institut Roi Albert II, Cancerology and Hematology Departments, University Clinics Saint-Luc Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Saint-Louis Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital, Angers, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, National Referral Centre for Systemic and Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital, National Referral Centre for Systemic and Autoimmune Diseases, Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Adult Hematology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Hematology and Rheumatology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Hematology and Rheumatology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Hematology and Rheumatology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Unit F100, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1074, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Université de Paris, Paris, France.,Department of Pathology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV Infection, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.,Université de Paris, Paris, France.,Study Center for Primary Immunodeficiencies, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Institute for Immunodeficiency-Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Center - Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany
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- Université de Paris, Paris, France.,Department of Pediatric Immunology, Hematology and Rheumatology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Saint-Louis Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, La Timone Hospital, Marseille, France
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- Université de Paris, Paris, France.,Department of Pediatric Immunology, Hematology and Rheumatology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France.,Collège de France, Paris, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR 1163, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Paris, France.,Department of Pediatric Immunology, Hematology and Rheumatology, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Lymphocyte Activation and Susceptibility to EBV Infection, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale UMR 1163, Imagine Institute, Paris, France.,Université de Paris, Paris, France
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Wang X, Hu J, Dong M, Ding M, Zhu L, Wu J, Sun Z, Li X, Zhang L, Li L, Wang X, Fu X, Wang G, Chen Q, Zhang M, Zhang X. DDGP vs. SMILE in Relapsed/Refractory Extranodal Natural Killer/T-cell Lymphoma, Nasal Type: A Retrospective Study of 54 Patients. Clin Transl Sci 2020; 14:405-411. [PMID: 33045134 PMCID: PMC7877828 DOI: 10.1111/cts.12893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type (ENKL) is a rare peripheral T-cell lymphoma that predominantly occurs in Asian and South American populations. The treatment of ENKL has been a challenge for a long time. This study was conducted to compare the clinical efficacy and safety of cisplatin, dexamethasone, gemcitabine, and pegaspargase (DDGP) and methotrexate, dexamethasone, ifosfamide, L-asparaginase, and etoposide (SMILE) regimens for relapsed/refractory ENKL and explore the prognostic factors. From October 2014 to July 2019, 54 patients with relapsed/refractory ENKL who received DDGP or SMILE chemotherapy were retrospectively assessed in this study. Thirty-one patients received DDGP chemotherapy and 23 patients received SMILE chemotherapy. A higher complete response rate was observed in patients treated with DDGP regimen (61.3% vs. 30.4%, P = 0.025). The DDGP group (95% confidence interval (CI) of 5-year progression-free survival (PFS): 24.6-66.2%; 95% CI of 5-year overall survival (OS): 8.5-91.7%) was also significantly associated with longer 5-year PFS and 5-year OS (P = 0.008 for 5-year PFS, P = 0.023 for 5-year OS). More serious leucopenia (P = 0.021), neutropenia (P = 0.041), and allergy (P = 0.040) were observed in the SMILE group. Post-treatment Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-DNA status (P = 0.001 for PFS, P = 0.018 for OS) was identified as a significant prognostic factor for PFS and OS in multivariate analysis. The present research suggested that compared with SMILE chemotherapy, DDGP chemotherapy can significantly improve the response and survival of relapsed/refractory ENKL with better tolerance. Post-treatment EBV-DNA status was identified as a significant prognostic factor for PFS and OS in relapsed/refractory ENKL.
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- Xin Wang
- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.,Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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Ozturk V, Yikilmaz AS, Kilicarslan A, Bakanay SM, Akinci S, Dilek İ. The Triple Positivity for EBV, PD-1, and PD-L1 Identifies a Very High Risk Classical Hodgkin Lymphoma. CLINICAL LYMPHOMA MYELOMA & LEUKEMIA 2020; 20:e375-e381. [PMID: 32295735 DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2019.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2019] [Revised: 11/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The programmed death receptor (PD-1) and ligand (PD-L1) pathway act by suppressing the antitumor response in chronic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of PD-1, PD-L1, and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) positivity on prognosis at the initial diagnosis of cHL. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty-six patients with cHL were retrospectively analyzed. PD-L1 staining was performed for RS cells and tumor microenvironment in the biopsy materials of cases. The presence of EBV was investigated by EBER (EBV-encoded RNA) method in tumor cell. P < .05 was accepted as significant. RESULTS The presence of advanced-stage disease, B symptoms, intermediate or high-risk international prognostic index (IPS), and extranodal involvement were found to be related to both PD-L1 positivity and EBV positivity in RS cells. PD-L1 positivity in RS cells was also associated with EBV positivity. There were 6 (16.7%) triple-positive (EBV+, RS-PD-L1+, mic-PD-1+) patients. All of these patients had advanced-stage disease, B symptoms at the time of diagnosis, and intermediate-high IPS score, and 4 of 6 patients had extranodal involvement. This group also had significantly shortened overall survival compared with others (38.4 months vs. 67.9 months P = .024). CONCLUSION Our data suggest that there is correlation between PD-L1 positivity and EBV positivity in tumor RS cells that are also associated with extranodal involvement, intermediate and high IPS score, presence of B symptoms, and advanced-stage disease. In addition, we identified a group of triple-positive (EBV+, RS-PD-L1+, mic-PD-1+) cHL patients who have a very high-risk disease.
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- Vedia Ozturk
- Department of Pathology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Hematology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Hematology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Hematology, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Ankara, Turkey
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Establishment of a Screening Method for Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Gastric Carcinoma by Droplet Digital PCR. Microorganisms 2019; 7:microorganisms7120628. [PMID: 31795435 PMCID: PMC6956032 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7120628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background: Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric carcinoma (EBVaGC) is classified as one of the molecular subtypes of gastric cancer. We used droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) to enable highly sensitive and quantitative detection of EBV. Methods: EBV-DNA load was calculated based on the copy number of the BamH1-W fragment of EBV by ddPCR, and the cut-off value of EBV-DNA load was set. We conducted both ddPCR and EBER1 ISH to examine whether their results coincided in 158 gastric cancer specimens of unknown EBV status. We prepared 26 biopsy specimens and 49 serum samples including EBVaGC and assayed them by ddPCR. Results: The median values of EBV-DNA load for EBVaGC and EBV-negative control were 17.0 and 0.00308, respectively. A cut-off value of 0.032 was determined for which the sensitivity was 1. Among the 158 gastric cancer specimens, 14 lesions were judged as EBV-positive by the 0.032 cut-off value determined by ddPCR. The results of ddPCR and EBER1 ISH were in complete agreement. Even when using a biopsy specimen as a sample for ddPCR, the EBV-DNA load of all EBVaGCs was larger than the cut-off value. Conclusions: We established a new method of diagnosing EBVaGC from tissue samples by ddPCR.
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Chakravorty S, Yan B, Wang C, Wang L, Quaid JT, Lin CF, Briggs SD, Majumder J, Canaria DA, Chauss D, Chopra G, Olson MR, Zhao B, Afzali B, Kazemian M. Integrated Pan-Cancer Map of EBV-Associated Neoplasms Reveals Functional Host-Virus Interactions. Cancer Res 2019; 79:6010-6023. [PMID: 31481499 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-19-0615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a complex oncogenic symbiont. The molecular mechanisms governing EBV carcinogenesis remain elusive and the functional interactions between virus and host cells are incompletely defined. Here we present a comprehensive map of the host cell-pathogen interactome in EBV-associated cancers. We systematically analyzed RNA sequencing from >1,000 patients with 15 different cancer types, comparing virus and host factors of EBV+ to EBV- tissues. EBV preferentially integrated at highly accessible regions of the cancer genome, with significant enrichment in super-enhancer architecture. Twelve EBV transcripts, including LMP1 and LMP2, correlated inversely with EBV reactivation signature. Overexpression of these genes significantly suppressed viral reactivation, consistent with a "virostatic" function. In cancer samples, hundreds of novel frequent missense and nonsense variations in virostatic genes were identified, and variant genes failed to regulate their viral and cellular targets in cancer. For example, one-third of patients with EBV+ NK/T-cell lymphoma carried two novel nonsense variants (Q322X, G342X) of LMP1 and both variant proteins failed to restrict viral reactivation, confirming loss of virostatic function. Host cell transcriptional changes in response to EBV infection classified tumors into two molecular subtypes based on patterns of IFN signature genes and immune checkpoint markers, such as PD-L1 and IDO1. Overall, these findings uncover novel points of interaction between a common oncovirus and the human genome and identify novel regulatory nodes and druggable targets for individualized EBV and cancer-specific therapies. SIGNIFICANCE: This study provides a comprehensive map of the host cell-pathogen interactome in EBV+ malignancies.See related commentary by Mbulaiteye and Prokunina-Olsson, p. 5917.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Department of Biological Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Immunoregulation Section, Kidney Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Department of Biological Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Immunoregulation Section, Kidney Diseases Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. .,Department of Computer Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
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Qiu MZ, He CY, Lu SX, Guan WL, Wang F, Wang XJ, Jin Y, Wang FH, Li YH, Shao JY, Zhou ZW, Yun JP, Xu RH. Prospective observation: Clinical utility of plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA load in EBV-associated gastric carcinoma patients. Int J Cancer 2019; 146:272-280. [PMID: 31162842 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.32490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated gastric carcinomas (EBVaGCs) may account for 8-9% of all gastric cancer (GC) patients. All previous reports on EBVaGC were retrospective. Prospective study is warranted to evaluate the exact role of EBV status in predicting the prognosis of GC. It is of special interest to figure out whether dynamic detection of plasma EBV-DNA load could be a feasible biomarker for the monitor of EBVaGC. From October 2014 to September 2017, we consecutively collected GC patients (n = 2,760) from Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center for EBER examination. We detected EBV-DNA load in plasma and tissue samples of EBVaGC patients at baseline. Subsequently, plasma EBV-DNA load was dynamically monitored in EBVaGC patients. The overall prevalence of EBVaGC is 5.1% (140/2,760). The incidence rate of EBVaGC decreased with advanced AJCC 7th TNM stage (p < 0.001), with the corresponding percentages of 9.3, 9.9, 6.7 and 1.4% for Stage I, II, III and IV patients. EBVaGC patients were predominately young males with better histologic differentiation and earlier TNM stage than EBV-negative GC (EBVnGC) patients. EBVaGC patients were confirmed to had a favorable 3-year survival rate (EBVaGC vs. EBVnGC: 76.8% vs. 58.2%, p = 0.0001). Though only 52.1% (73/140) EBVaGC patients gained detectable EBV-DNA and 43.6% (61/140) reached a positive cutoff of 100 copies/ml, we found the plasma EBV-DNA load in EBVaGC decreased when patients got response, while it increased when disease progressed. Our results suggested that plasma EBV-DNA is a good marker in predicting recurrence and chemotherapy response for EBVaGC patients.
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- Miao-Zhen Qiu
- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Molecular Diagnostics, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Molecular Diagnostics, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Medical Oncology, Ganzhou Cancer Hospital, Ganzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Molecular Diagnostics, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Gastric Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Molecular Diagnostics, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.,State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Epstein-Barr virus-related post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (EBV-PTLD) in the setting of allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a comprehensive review from pathogenesis to forthcoming treatment modalities. Bone Marrow Transplant 2019; 55:25-39. [DOI: 10.1038/s41409-019-0548-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Revised: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Epstein-Barr virus biomarkers have no prognostic value in HIV-related Hodgkin lymphoma in the modern combined antiretroviral therapy era. AIDS 2019; 33:993-1000. [PMID: 30946153 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been implicated in lymphomagenesis of HIV-related classical Hodgkin lymphoma (HIV-cHL). The utility of EBV molecular and serological biomarkers has scarcely been examined in HIV-cHL in the recent combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) era. DESIGN We evaluated EBV DNA load and a panel of EBV antibodies in HIV-cHL patients prospectively enrolled in the French ANRS-CO16 Lymphovir cohort between 2008 and 2015. METHODS Pretreatment whole blood, plasma EBV DNA load and serological profiles were analysed in 63 HIV-infected patients diagnosed with cHL. For the 42 patients with available material, comparisons were performed between values at diagnosis and 6 months after the initiation of chemotherapy. RESULTS Pretreatment whole blood and plasma EBV DNA loads were positive in 84 and 59% of HIV-cHL patients, respectively. Two-year progression-free survival estimates did not differ between the patients with pretreatment whole blood (n = 53) or plasma (n = 37) EBV DNA(+) and the patients with pretreatment whole blood (n = 10) or plasma (n = 26) EBV DNA(-) (92 vs. 80% or 89 vs. 92%, P = 0.36 and 0.47, respectively). At diagnosis, 47% of patients harboured an EBV reactivation serological profile. Following chemotherapy, whole blood and plasma EBV DNA levels significantly declined from medians of 1570 [interquartile range, 230-3760) and 73 (0-320) copies/ml to 690 (0-1830) and 0 (0-0) copies/ml, respectively (P = 0.02 and P < 0.0001, respectively]. Anti-EBV IgG antibody level significantly dropped at 6-month follow-up (P = 0.004). CONCLUSION Whole blood and plasma EBV DNA loads do not constitute prognostic markers in HIV-cHL patients in the modern cART era.
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Nakayama A, Abe H, Kunita A, Saito R, Kanda T, Yamashita H, Seto Y, Ishikawa S, Fukayama M. Viral loads correlate with upregulation of PD-L1 and worse patient prognosis in Epstein-Barr Virus-associated gastric carcinoma. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0211358. [PMID: 30695048 PMCID: PMC6350976 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 01/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)-associated gastric carcinoma (EBVaGC), one of four major gastric cancer types, consists of clonal growth of EBV-infected epithelial cells. However, the significance of viral loads in each tumor cell has not been evaluated. EBV-DNA is stably maintained in episomal form in the nucleus of each cancer cell. To estimate EBV copy number per genome (EBV-CN), qPCR of viral EBNA1 and host GAPDH, standardized by Namalwa DNA (one copy/genome), was applied to the formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) surgically resected EBVaGC specimens (n = 43) and EBVaGC cell lines (SNU-719 and NCC-24). In surgical specimens, the cancer cell ratio (CCR) was determined with image analysis, and EBV-CN was obtained by adjusting qPCR value with CCR. Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) was also applied to the FFPE sections using the whole EBV-genome as a probe. In surgical specimens, EBV-CN obtained by qPCR/CCR was between 1.2 and 185 copies with a median of 9.9. EBV-CN of SNU-719 and NCC-24 was 42.0 and 1.1, respectively. A linear correlation was observed with qPCR/CCR data up to 20 copies/genome (40 signals/nucleus), the limit of FISH analysis. In addition, substantial variation in the number of EBV foci was observed. Based on qPCR/CCR, high EBV-CN (>10 copies) correlated with PD-L1 expression in cancer cells (P = 0.015), but not with other pathological indicators. Furthermore, EBVaGC with high EBV-CN showed worse disease-specific survival (P = 0.041). Our findings suggest that cancer cell viral loads may contribute to expression of the immune checkpoint molecule and promotion of cancer progression in EBVaGC.
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- Atsuhito Nakayama
- Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Microbiology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Agostini S, Mancuso R, Guerini FR, D'Alfonso S, Agliardi C, Hernis A, Zanzottera M, Barizzone N, Leone MA, Caputo D, Rovaris M, Clerici M. HLA alleles modulate EBV viral load in multiple sclerosis. J Transl Med 2018; 16:80. [PMID: 29587799 PMCID: PMC5870171 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-018-1450-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The etiopathology of multiple sclerosis (MS) is believed to include genetic and environmental factors. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles, in particular, are associated with disease susceptibility, whereas Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) infection has long been suspected to play a role in disease pathogenesis. The aim of the present study is to evaluate correlations between HLA alleles and EBV infection in MS. Methods HLA alleles, EBV viral load (VL) and serum anti-EBV antibody titers were evaluated in EBV-seropositive MS patients (N = 117) and age- and sex-matched healthy controls (HC; N = 89). Results Significantly higher DNA viral loads (p = 0.048) and EBNA-1 antibody titer (p = 0.0004) were seen in MS compared to HC. EBV VL was higher in HLA-B*07+ (p = 0.02) and HLA-DRB1*15+ (p = 0.02) MS patients, whereas it was lower in HLA-A*02+ (p = 0.04) subjects. EBV VL was highest in HLA-A*02−/B*07+/DRB1*15+ patients and lowest in HLA-A*A02+/B*07−/DRB1*15− individuals (p < 0.0001). HLA-B*07 resulted the most associated allele to EBV VL after multiple regression analysis considering altogether the three alleles, (p = 0.0001). No differences were observed in anti-EBV antibody titers in relationship with HLA distribution. Conclusions Host HLA-B*07 allele influence EBV VL in MS. As HLA-class I molecules present antigens to T lymphocytes and initiate immune response against viruses, these results could support a role for EBV in MS. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12967-018-1450-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Simone Agostini
- Don C. Gnocchi Foundation IRCCS - ONLUS, Piazzale Morandi 3, 20121, Milan, Italy.
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- Don C. Gnocchi Foundation IRCCS - ONLUS, Piazzale Morandi 3, 20121, Milan, Italy
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- Don C. Gnocchi Foundation IRCCS - ONLUS, Piazzale Morandi 3, 20121, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Don C. Gnocchi Foundation IRCCS - ONLUS, Piazzale Morandi 3, 20121, Milan, Italy
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- Don C. Gnocchi Foundation IRCCS - ONLUS, Piazzale Morandi 3, 20121, Milan, Italy
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- Don C. Gnocchi Foundation IRCCS - ONLUS, Piazzale Morandi 3, 20121, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
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- Don C. Gnocchi Foundation IRCCS - ONLUS, Piazzale Morandi 3, 20121, Milan, Italy
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- Don C. Gnocchi Foundation IRCCS - ONLUS, Piazzale Morandi 3, 20121, Milan, Italy
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- Don C. Gnocchi Foundation IRCCS - ONLUS, Piazzale Morandi 3, 20121, Milan, Italy.,Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Via Fratelli Cervi 93, 20090, Milan, Italy
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Clinical utility of circulating cell-free Epstein-Barr virus DNA in patients with gastric cancer. Oncotarget 2018; 8:28796-28804. [PMID: 28430637 PMCID: PMC5438692 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Recent comprehensive molecular subtyping of gastric cancer (GC) identified Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive tumors as a subtype with distinct salient molecular and clinical features. In this study, we aimed to determine the potential utility of circulating cell-free EBV DNA as a biomarker for the detection and/or monitoring of therapeutic response in patients with EBV-associated gastric carcinoma (EBVaGC). The EBV genes-to-ribonuclease P RNA component H1 ratios (EBV ratios) in the GC tumors and plasma samples were determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction in 153 patients with GC, including 14 patients with EBVaGC diagnosed by the conventional method. Circulating cell-free EBV DNA was detected in 14 patients with GC: the sensitivity and specificity of detection were 71.4% (10/14) and 97.1% (135/139), respectively. Plasma EBV ratios were significantly correlated with the size of EBVaGC tumors, and the plasma EBV DNA detected before surgery in EBVaGC cases disappeared after surgery. Patients with EBVaGC may have a better prognosis, but circulating cell-free EBV DNA had no or little impact on prognosis. In addition, repeated assessment of the plasma EBV ratio in EBVaGC showed a decrease and increase in plasma EBV DNA after treatment and during tumor progression/recurrence, respectively. These results suggest the potential utility of circulating cell-free DNA to reveal EBV DNA for the identification of the EBVaGC subtype and/or for real-time monitoring of tumor progression as well as treatment response in patients with EBVaGC.
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Ul-Haq I, Dalla Pria A, Suardi E, Pinato DJ, Froeling F, Forni J, Randell P, Bower M. Blood Epstein-Barr virus DNA does not predict outcome in advanced HIV-associated Hodgkin lymphoma. Med Oncol 2018. [PMID: 29536181 PMCID: PMC5849636 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-018-1099-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In HIV-seronegative patients with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) viraemia at diagnosis predicts a worse progression-free survival (PFS), independent of the International Prognostic Score. However, its role in HIV-associated HL is uncharacterised. We collected clinico-pathologic and treatment data from a prospective series of 44 HIV-associated HLs from 2000 to 2016. We evaluated circulating EBV DNA as a prognostic factor on uni- and multivariable analyses in relationship to the International Prognostic Index criteria. In 44 patients with HIV-associated HL, EBV was detected by in situ hybridisation in all diagnostic biopsies. Blood EBV DNA was detectable in 26 patients (59%) with a median of 600 copies/mL (range 0–161,000). EBV DNA was independent of CD4 cell count (p = 0.9) or HIV viral load (p = 0.6) and did not predict PFS (HR 1.6, 95% CI 0.39–6.7, p = 0.49). EBV DNA is not a prognostic trait in HIV-associated HL. Prognostication in HIV-associated HL should be solely based on the International Prognostic Index criteria.
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- Ikram Ul-Haq
- National Centre for HIV Malignancy, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- National Centre for HIV Malignancy, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- National Centre for HIV Malignancy, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- National Centre for HIV Malignancy, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- National Centre for HIV Malignancy, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- National Centre for HIV Malignancy, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK
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- National Centre for HIV Malignancy, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London, SW10 9NH, UK.
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Circulating tumor DNA reveals genetics, clonal evolution, and residual disease in classical Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood 2018; 131:2413-2425. [PMID: 29449275 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2017-11-812073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The rarity of neoplastic cells in the biopsy imposes major technical hurdles that have so far limited genomic studies in classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL). By using a highly sensitive and robust deep next-generation sequencing approach for circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), we aimed to identify the genetics of cHL in different clinical phases, as well as its modifications on treatment. The analysis was based on specimens collected from 80 newly diagnosed and 32 refractory patients with cHL, including longitudinal samples collected under ABVD (adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine) chemotherapy and longitudinal samples from relapsing patients treated with chemotherapy and immunotherapy. ctDNA mirrored Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg cell genetics, thus establishing ctDNA as an easily accessible source of tumor DNA for cHL genotyping. By identifying STAT6 as the most frequently mutated gene in ∼40% of cases, we refined the current knowledge of cHL genetics. Longitudinal ctDNA profiling identified treatment-dependent patterns of clonal evolution in patients relapsing after chemotherapy and patients maintained in partial remission under immunotherapy. By measuring ctDNA changes during therapy, we propose ctDNA as a radiation-free tool to track residual disease that may integrate positron emission tomography imaging for the early identification of chemorefractory patients with cHL. Collectively, our results provide the proof of concept that ctDNA may serve as a novel precision medicine biomarker in cHL.
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Pretreatment Epstein-Barr virus DNA in whole blood is a prognostic marker in peripheral T-cell lymphoma. Oncotarget 2017; 8:92312-92323. [PMID: 29190917 PMCID: PMC5696183 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.21251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Because there are few studies regarding the clinical impact of circulating EBV-DNA in peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCLs), we tried to evaluate the role of EBV-DNA in whole blood as a prognostic factor for PTCL. We retrospectively reviewed 110 PTCL patients with median age of 63 (20-94) years. Forty-seven patients (42.7%) showed positive results for EBV-DNA, and these patients also had stage III/IV disease, elevated lactic dehydrogenase, and low albumin level (P = 0.007, P = 0.004, P = 0.002, respectively). The 5-year overall survival (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) were 21.0% and 18.0%. Univariable analysis showed that positive EBV-DNA was related with inferior OS and PFS (P = 0.015 and P < 0.001, respectively). Multivariable analysis showed that poor performance status, extranodal involvement more than one site and positive EBV-DNA results were related with OS and PFS (P < 0.001, P < 0.001, P = 0.007 and P = 0.001, P = 0.002, P < 0.001, respectively). Using these three variables, we made a new prognostic model which classified patients on risk as follows: low, no adverse factors; intermediate, 1 factor; or high, 2-3 factors. The new prognostic model could stratify the three groups for OS and PFS better than either international prognostic index or prognostic index of PTCL-u, and showed statistical significance in PTCL, not otherwise specified. This study suggests that whole blood EBV-DNA is related with aggressive clinical characteristics and inferior survival. The new prognostic model, which incorporates EBV-DNA, could better stratify PTCL patients.
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Qian M, Tao H, Xu W, Ji H. A systematic comparison of treatment modalities for nasal extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma in early stages between concurrent chemoradiotherapy and sequential chemotherapy. Onco Targets Ther 2017; 10:3617-3623. [PMID: 28790853 PMCID: PMC5530858 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s136386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Aim Nasal extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (nasal ENKTL), which is strongly associated with the Epstein–Barr virus infection, is a common disease in Asia and Latin America. We conducted a retrospective study to compare the overall survival (OS) following concurrent or sequential treatment with radiotherapy and chemotherapy in patients with early stage ENKTL. Patients and methods The records of 58 cases from between 2000 to 2010 were retrieved. Of these, 28 patients (15 males, with median age of 51 years) were treated with sequential chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy (SCRT) and 30 patients (17 males, with median age of 46 years) were treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). Subsequently, the OS, 5-year progression-free survival (PFS), 5-year locoregional-free survival (LRFS), and relevant toxicities were analyzed. Results There were no significant differences in the toxicities and complete response rate between the 2 groups (all P>0.05) during and immediately after treatment. Kaplan–Meier curve analysis demonstrated that there were significant differences between the CCRT and SCRT groups with regard to 5-year OS (72.9% vs 47.1%, P=0.029), 5-year PFS (68.8% vs 34.2%, P=0.030), and LRFS (78.9% vs 45.7%, P=0.026). Conclusion We have demonstrated that in comparison with SCRT, CCRT significantly improves the survival outcome in patients with localized ENKTL, with acceptable toxicities. Further clinical trials are needed.
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- Ming Qian
- Department of Head and Neck Radiotherapy, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Head and Neck Radiotherapy, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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Mandage R, Telford M, Rodríguez JA, Farré X, Layouni H, Marigorta UM, Cundiff C, Heredia-Genestar JM, Navarro A, Santpere G. Genetic factors affecting EBV copy number in lymphoblastoid cell lines derived from the 1000 Genome Project samples. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0179446. [PMID: 28654678 PMCID: PMC5487016 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 05/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), human herpes virus 4, has been classically associated with infectious mononucleosis, multiple sclerosis and several types of cancers. Many of these diseases show marked geographical differences in prevalence, which points to underlying genetic and/or environmental factors. Those factors may include a different susceptibility to EBV infection and viral copy number among human populations. Since EBV is commonly used to transform B-cells into lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) we hypothesize that differences in EBV copy number among individual LCLs may reflect differential susceptibility to EBV infection. To test this hypothesis, we retrieved whole-genome sequenced EBV-mapping reads from 1,753 LCL samples derived from 19 populations worldwide that were sequenced within the context of the 1000 Genomes Project. An in silico methodology was developed to estimate the number of EBV copy number in LCLs and validated these estimations by real-time PCR. After experimentally confirming that EBV relative copy number remains stable over cell passages, we performed a genome wide association analysis (GWAS) to try detecting genetic variants of the host that may be associated with EBV copy number. Our GWAS has yielded several genomic regions suggestively associated with the number of EBV genomes per cell in LCLs, unraveling promising candidate genes such as CAND1, a known inhibitor of EBV replication. While this GWAS does not unequivocally establish the degree to which genetic makeup of individuals determine viral levels within their derived LCLs, for which a larger sample size will be needed, it potentially highlighted human genes affecting EBV-related processes, which constitute interesting candidates to follow up in the context of EBV related pathologies.
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- Rajendra Mandage
- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), Departament de Ciències Experimentals i la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), Departament de Ciències Experimentals i la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), Departament de Ciències Experimentals i la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), Departament de Ciències Experimentals i la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), Departament de Ciències Experimentals i la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Bioinformatics Studies, ESCI-UPF, Pg. Pujades 1, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), Departament de Ciències Experimentals i la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Georgia Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), Departament de Ciències Experimentals i la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), Departament de Ciències Experimentals i la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- National Institute for Bioinformatics (INB), PRBB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), PRBB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), PRBB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology (UPF-CSIC), Departament de Ciències Experimentals i la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, PRBB, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Department of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States of America
- * E-mail: (AN); (GS)
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Epstein-Barr virus DNA in serum as an early prognostic marker in children and adolescents with Hodgkin lymphoma. Blood Adv 2017; 1:681-684. [PMID: 29296710 DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2016002618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Assay of cell-free DNA in blood offers an approach to assessment of tumor DNA. We sought to determine whether Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA in cell-free blood is also a good surrogate for the presence of tumor DNA in children with Hodgkin lymphoma, as it is in adults, and whether it correlates with pediatric outcomes. Pediatric patients enrolled in a Children's Oncology Group trial (AHOD0031) were studied at baseline and at 8 days after the initiation of treatment. At baseline, EBV DNA in cell-free blood correlated with the presence of EBV in tumor, and EBV DNA 8 days after the initiation of therapy predicted inferior event-free survival. EBV DNA in cell-free blood warrants further investigation as a marker of inadequate tumor response in Hodgkin lymphoma. This trial was registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov as #NCT00025259.
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Prognostic impact of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-DNA copy number at diagnosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Oncotarget 2016; 7:2135-42. [PMID: 26539641 PMCID: PMC4811522 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.6281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-DNA is detected in the blood of some persons with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) at diagnosis. Whether this is important in the development or progression of CLL is controversial. We interrogated associations between blood EBV-DNA copy number and biological and clinical variables in 243 new-diagnosed consecutive subjects with CLL. Quantification of EBV-DNA copies was done by real-time quantitative PCR (RQ-PCR). All subjects had serological evidence of prior EBV-infection. However, only 24 subjects (10%) had a EBV-DNA-positive test at diagnosis. EBV-DNA-positive subjects at diagnosis had lower hemoglobin concentrations and platelet levels, higher thymidine kinase-1 and serum ferritin levels, un-mutated IGHV genes and a greater risk of Richter transformation compared with EBV-DNA-negative subjects. Percent CD20-, CD148- and ZAP70-positive cells and mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of each cluster designation were also increased in EBV-DNA-positive subjects at diagnosis. EBV-DNA test positivity was associated with a briefer time-to-treatment interval (HR 1.85; [95% confidence interval, 1.13, 3.03]; P=0.014) and worse survival (HR 2.77; [1.18, 6.49]; P=0.019). Reduction in EBV copies was significantly associated with therapy-response. A positive blood EBV-DNA test at diagnosis and sequential testing of EBV copies during therapy were significantly associated with biological and clinical variables, time-to-treatment, therapy-response and survival. If validated these data may be added to CLL prognostic scoring systems.
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Carbone A, Gloghini A, Caruso A, De Paoli P, Dolcetti R. The impact of EBV and HIV infection on the microenvironmental niche underlying Hodgkin lymphoma pathogenesis. Int J Cancer 2016; 140:1233-1245. [DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Antonino Carbone
- Department of Pathology; Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - IRCCS, National Cancer Institute; Aviano PN Italy
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori; Milano Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine; University of Brescia Medical School; Brescia Italy
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- Molecular Virology Unit and Scientific Directorate; Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - IRCCS, National Cancer Institute; Aviano PN Italy
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- Cancer Bio-Immunotherapy Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico - IRCCS; National Cancer Institute; Aviano PN Italy
- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, University of Queensland; Brisbane QLD Australia
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Guo B, Cen H, Tan X, Ke Q. Meta-analysis of the prognostic and clinical value of tumor-associated macrophages in adult classical Hodgkin lymphoma. BMC Med 2016; 14:159. [PMID: 27745550 PMCID: PMC5066288 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0711-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The prognostic significance of tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) in adult classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) remains controversial. Here, we report a meta-analysis of the association of CD68 and CD163 infiltration on the clinical outcome of adult cHL. METHODS A comprehensive search to identify relevant articles was performed in PubMed, Embase, and Google Scholar on January 31, 2016. Using the fixed effect or random effects model of DerSimonian and Laird, hazard ratios (HR) or odds ratios (OR) with 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) were used as the effect size estimate. RESULTS Twenty-two eligible studies with a total of 2959 patients were identified. Our analysis indicated that a high density of CD68+ TAMs in the tumor microenvironment of adult cHL predicted poor overall survival (OS) (HR: 2.41; 95 % CI, 1.92-3.03), shorter progression-free survival (PFS) (HR: 1.78; 95 % CI, 1.45-2.18), and poor disease-specific survival (HR: 2.71; 95 % CI, 1.38-5.29). High density of CD163+ TAMs in the tumor microenvironment of adult cHL also predicted poor OS (HR: 2.75; 95 % CI, 1.58-4.78) and poor PFS (HR: 1.66; 95 % CI, 1.22-2.27). In addition, we demonstrated that a high density of either CD68+ or CD163+ TAMs was associated with the presence of Epstein-Barr virus in neoplastic cells (ORCD68: 3.13; 95 % CI, 2.02-4.84; ORCD163: 2.88; 95 % CI, 1.55-5.34). A high density of either CD68+ or CD163+ TAMs tend to be associated with a more advanced clinical stage (ORCD68: 1.25; 95 % CI, 0.93-1.67; OR CD163: 1.19; 95 % CI, 0.86-1.63), B-symptoms (ORCD68: 1.35; 95 % CI, 0.90-2.01; ORCD163: 2.19; 95 % CI, 0.96-5.03), higher International Prognostic Factors Project Score (ORCD68: 1.20; 95 % CI, 0.67-2.15; ORCD163: 2.00; 95 % CI, 0.92-4.35), and bulky disease (ORCD68: 1.47; 95 % CI, 0.88-2.47; ORCD163: 1.19; 95 % CI, 0.72-1.96). CONCLUSIONS Our analyses suggest that a high density of either CD68+ or CD163+ TAMs is a robust predictor of adverse outcomes in adult cHL. Increased TAMs should be taken into account to further improve prognostic stratification and the planning of appropriate therapeutic strategies.
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- Baoping Guo
- Department of Chemotherapy, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemotherapy, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Chemotherapy, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemotherapy, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, People's Republic of China
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The prognosis of patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma following chemo- and radiotherapy has been excellent during the last 4 decades. However, the development of secondary malignancies is of major concern. Therefore, the reduction of radiotherapy application is a major objective of ongoing clinical trials. De-escalation of treatment may increase the risk of relapses and thus may lead to reappearance of prognostic factors. Prognostic biomarkers might help to identify patients who are at increased risk of relapse. This review summarizes the current knowledge about potential prognostic biomarkers for patients with classical Hodgkin lymphoma.
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- Martin S Staege
- a Department of Pediatrics , Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , Halle , Germany
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- a Department of Pediatrics , Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , Halle , Germany
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- a Department of Pediatrics , Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , Halle , Germany
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- a Department of Pediatrics , Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , Halle , Germany
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- a Department of Pediatrics , Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , Halle , Germany
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Hocking J, Mithraprabhu S, Kalff A, Spencer A. Liquid biopsies for liquid tumors: emerging potential of circulating free nucleic acid evaluation for the management of hematologic malignancies. Cancer Biol Med 2016; 13:215-25. [PMID: 27458529 PMCID: PMC4944540 DOI: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2016.0025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Circulating free nucleic acids; cell free DNA and circulating micro-RNA, are found in the
plasma of patients with hematologic and solid malignancies at levels higher than that of
healthy individuals. In patients with hematologic malignancy cell free DNA reflects the
underlying tumor mutational profile, whilst micro-RNAs reflect genetic interference
mechanisms within a tumor and potentially the surrounding microenvironment and immune
effector cells. These circulating nucleic acids offer a potentially simple, non-invasive,
repeatable analysis that can aid in diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic decisions in
cancer treatment.
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- Jay Hocking
- Myeloma Research Group, Australian Center for Blood Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Australia; Malignant Haematology & Stem Cell Transplantation Service, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 3004, Australia
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- Myeloma Research Group, Australian Center for Blood Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Australia
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- Malignant Haematology & Stem Cell Transplantation Service, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 3004, Australia
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- Myeloma Research Group, Australian Center for Blood Diseases, Monash University, Melbourne 3004, Australia; Malignant Haematology & Stem Cell Transplantation Service, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 3004, Australia
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Park JH, Yoon DH, Kim S, Park JS, Park CS, Sung H, Lee SW, Huh J, Suh C. Pretreatment whole blood Epstein-Barr virus-DNA is a significant prognostic marker in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma. Ann Hematol 2016; 95:801-8. [PMID: 26883027 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-016-2610-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in the peripheral blood has become a significant predictor of clinical outcomes in EBV-associated Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). However, due to its relative rarity, prevalence and prognostic role of circulating EBV-DNA has not been well established in Asian patients. Seventy patients with newly diagnosed HL were prospectively registered between October 2007 and January 2013, and underwent pretreatment whole blood (WB) EBV-DNA quantitation using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). WB EBV-DNA in baseline and serial RT-PCR within 1 year were investigated. Clinicopathologic parameters of the patients according to pretreatment WB EBV-DNA were also explored. Twelve patients (17.1 %) demonstrated WB EBV-DNA(+), which was significantly associated to older age, advanced stages, frequent involvements of extranodal sites, low serum albumin and hemoglobin levels, and high international prognostic scores ≥2. Three-year event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) were significantly inferior in patients with pretreatment WB EBV-DNA(+) (53.5 vs 67.0 and 65.6 vs 90.2 %) (p < 0.032 and <0.01). Negatively conversed EBV-DNA within 1 year after chemotherapy also significantly affected favorable EFS (p < 0.01). Taken together, pretreatment WB EBV-DNA(+) may be a significant predictor of inferior EFS and OS over EBV-encoded RNA in situ hybridization (EBER-ISH)(+) in Korean patients with HL. Serial EBV-DNA monitoring following chemotherapy also seems helpful to predict survival outcomes.
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- Ji Hyun Park
- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, South Korea
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, South Korea
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, South Korea
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, South Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, South Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, South Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, South Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, South Korea
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- Department of Oncology, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-736, South Korea.
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Cuccaro A, Annunziata S, Cupelli E, Martini M, Calcagni ML, Rufini V, Giachelia M, Bartolomei F, Galli E, D'Alò F, Voso MT, Leone G, Giordano A, Larocca LM, Hohaus S. CD68+ cell count, early evaluation with PET and plasma TARC levels predict response in Hodgkin lymphoma. Cancer Med 2016; 5:398-406. [PMID: 26758564 PMCID: PMC4799945 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Revised: 10/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Early response evaluation with [18F]fluordeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography after 2 cycles of chemotherapy (interim PET) has been indicated as the strongest predictor for outcome in classical Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). We studied the prognostic role of the number of tumor‐infiltrating CD68+ cells and of the plasma levels of TARC (thymus and activation‐regulated chemokine) in the context of interim PET in 102 patients with classical HL treated with Adriamycin, Bleomycin, Vinblastine, Dacarbazine (ABVD). After 2 ABVD cycles, interim PET according to Deauville criteria was negative (score 0–3) in 85 patients and positive (score 4–5) in 15 patients (2 patients technically not evaluable). TARC levels were elevated in 89% of patients at diagnosis, and decreased after 2 cycles in 82% of patients. Persistently elevated TARC levels in 18% of patients were significantly associated with a positive PET result (P = 0.007). Strong predictors for progression‐free survival (PFS) were a negative interim PET (85% vs. 28%, P < 0.0001) and CD68+ cell counts <5% (89% vs. 67%, P = 0.006), while TARC levels at diagnosis and at interim evaluation had no prognostic role. In multivariate analysis, interim PET, CD68+ cell counts and presence of B‐symptoms were independently associated with PFS. We conclude that although TARC levels are a biomarker for early response evaluation, they cannot substitute for interim PET as outcome predictor in HL. The evaluation of CD68 counts and B‐symptoms at diagnosis may help to identify low‐risk patients regardless positive interim PET.
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- Annarosa Cuccaro
- Institute of Hematology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Pathology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Pathology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Hematology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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The clinical significance of EBV DNA in the plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with or without EBV diseases. Blood 2016; 127:2007-17. [PMID: 26744460 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2015-09-672030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous virus that establishes a latent infection within the host and in some cases can lead to the development of EBV-associated lymphomas, lymphoproliferative disorders, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, solid tumors, and other diseases. We studied the clinical significance of detecting EBV DNA in the plasma and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of 2146 patients who had blood specimens sent to the Johns Hopkins Hospital clinical laboratory for viral quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay over a 5-year period. Within this largely immunocompromised and hospitalized cohort, 535 patients (25%) had EBV detected in plasma or PBMCs. When EBV was detected in the absence of an EBV(+)disease (n = 402), it was present only in PBMCs in 69% of cases. Immunocompromised patients were less likely to have EBV in plasma than in PBMCs in the absence of EBV(+)disease. In patients with active, systemic EBV(+)diseases (n = 105), EBV was detected in plasma in 99% of cases but detected in PBMCs in only 54%. Across a range of copy number cutoffs, EBV in plasma had higher specificity and sensitivity for EBV(+)disease as compared with EBV in PBMCs. EBV copy number in plasma distinguished untreated, EBV(+)lymphoma from EBV(+)lymphoma in remission and EBV(-)lymphoma, and also distinguished untreated, EBV(+)posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) from EBV(+)PTLD in remission and EBV(-)PTLD. EBV copy number quantification is a useful diagnostic marker across the spectrum of EBV(+)diseases, even among immunocompromised patients, with plasma specimens more indicative of EBV(+)disease than PBMCs.
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Sinha M, Rao CR, Shafiulla M, Shankaranand B, Viveka BK, Lakshmaiah KC, Jacob LA, Babu GK, Jayshree RS. Plasma Epstein Barr viral load in adult-onset Hodgkin lymphoma in South India. Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Ther 2015; 9:8-13. [PMID: 26657995 DOI: 10.1016/j.hemonc.2015.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) DNA load is increasingly being used as a noninvasive biomarker for detecting EBV association in lymphomas. Since there is a need of data from India, we undertook to prospectively evaluate plasma EBV DNA load as a marker of EBV association in newly diagnosed adult-onset Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). METHODS EBV DNA was quantified using real-time polymerase chain reaction. In a subset of patients, an assay was validated qualitatively with EBV latent membrane protein-1 (LMP1) immunohistochemistry (IHC). Wherever possible, follow-up plasma samples post three cycles of chemotherapy were obtained. RESULTS Over a period of 10 months, 33 newly diagnosed adult-onset HL were enrolled in the study. Pretherapy plasma EBV DNA was detectable in ∼49% (16/33) patients (viral loads range, 1.0-51.2×10(3)copies/mL) and undetectable in 30 voluntary blood donors. LMP1 IHC was positive in 56% of cases tested (14/25). Sensitivity and specificity of plasma EBV DNA with respect to LMP1 IHC were 86% and 100%, respectively. Of the eight patients in whom follow-up plasma was available, in five EBV baseline-positive patients EBV load reverted to negative postchemotherapy and corroborated with clinical remission. CONCLUSION Plasma EBV DNA load estimation may be useful in detecting EBV-association and possibly monitoring the response to therapy in EBV-related HL especially in our country where EBV association of HL is higher than in developed nations.
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- Mahua Sinha
- Department of Microbiology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India.
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- Department of Pathology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bangalore, India
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Liu J, Zhou Y, Yu Q, Zhao Z, Wang H, Luo X, Chen Y, Zhu Z, Chen G, Wu M, Qiu L. Higher Frequency of CD4+CXCR5+ICOS+PD1+ T Follicular Helper Cells in Patients With Infectious Mononucleosis. Medicine (Baltimore) 2015; 94:e2061. [PMID: 26559315 PMCID: PMC4912309 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000002061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells are recognized as a distinct CD4helper T cell subset, and mainly dysregulated in the autoimmune disease, whether it plays a role in the infectious mononucleosis (IM) diseases is unknown. In this study, we found that the CD4CXCR5 Tfh cells were not significantly changed, but the CD4CXCR5ICOS and CD4CXCR5ICOSPD1 Tfh subsets were significantly increased in the IM patients, and all these cells were significantly changed after antiviral therapy. Second, only the numbers of CD4CXCR5ICOSPD1 Tfh cells correlated with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA load, negatively correlated with the numbers of naive B cells and amount of IL-21, and positively correlated with the numbers of plasma cells, memory B cells, and atypical lymphocytes. Third, the frequency of CD4CXCR5ICOSPD1 Tfh subset was significantly higher in lymphadenectasis or hepatosplenomegaly patients, and associated with the level of alanine aminotransferase (ALT). All together, our findings discovered this CD4CXCR5ICOSPD1 Tfh cell subset might play an important role in the pathogenesis of IM.
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- Jinlin Liu
- From the Department of Clinical Laboratory (JL, YZ, QY, ZZ, HW, ZZ, MW, LQ); Department of Pediatrics (XL, GC); and Department of Rheumatology (YC), Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, China
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Tisi MC, Cupelli E, Santangelo R, Maiolo E, Alma E, Giachelia M, Martini M, Bellesi S, D'Alò F, Voso MT, Pompili M, Leone G, Larocca LM, Hohaus S. Whole blood EBV-DNA predicts outcome in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Leuk Lymphoma 2015; 57:628-34. [PMID: 26458141 DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2015.1072766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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An association between Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection and lymphoproliferative diseases has been reported with EBV + diffuse large B cell-lymphoma (DLBCL) of the elderly described as a distinct entity. In a cohort of 218 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphomas, we detected EBV-DNA in 25% of whole blood (WB) samples at diagnosis. Presence and viral load in WB, mononuclear cells or plasma did not predict the presence of EBV in the tumor biopsy. Positive Hepatitis C virus (HCV) serology was associated with a higher frequency of EBV in WB. Patients with EBV-DNA in WB had a significantly shorter progression-free (p = 0.02) and overall survival (p = 0.05) after immunochemotherapy with R-CHOP (Rituximab, Cyclophosphamide, Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Prednisolone). We conclude that detection of EBV in WB is not a surrogate marker for EBV-association in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, however it associates with worse outcome.
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- Maria Chiara Tisi
- a Institutes of Hematology , Catholic University S. Cuore , Rome , Italy
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- a Institutes of Hematology , Catholic University S. Cuore , Rome , Italy
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- b Institutes of Microbiology , Catholic University S. Cuore , Rome , Italy
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- a Institutes of Hematology , Catholic University S. Cuore , Rome , Italy
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- a Institutes of Hematology , Catholic University S. Cuore , Rome , Italy
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- a Institutes of Hematology , Catholic University S. Cuore , Rome , Italy
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- c Institutes of Pathological Anatomy , Catholic University S. Cuore , Rome , Italy , and
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- a Institutes of Hematology , Catholic University S. Cuore , Rome , Italy
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- a Institutes of Hematology , Catholic University S. Cuore , Rome , Italy
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- a Institutes of Hematology , Catholic University S. Cuore , Rome , Italy
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- d Department of Internal Medicine , Catholic University S. Cuore , Rome , Italy
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- a Institutes of Hematology , Catholic University S. Cuore , Rome , Italy
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- c Institutes of Pathological Anatomy , Catholic University S. Cuore , Rome , Italy , and
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- a Institutes of Hematology , Catholic University S. Cuore , Rome , Italy
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Cui Q, Gandhi MK. Whole blood EBV-DNA: A surrogate for immune dysfunction in aggressive lymphoma? Leuk Lymphoma 2015; 57:507-8. [PMID: 26317147 DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2015.1087522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Qingyan Cui
- a University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, University of Queensland , Australia and
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- a University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, University of Queensland , Australia and.,b Princess Alexandra Hospital , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
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Jung J, Münz C. Immune control of oncogenic γ-herpesviruses. Curr Opin Virol 2015; 14:79-86. [PMID: 26372881 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2015.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Revised: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 08/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Human γ-herpesviruses contain Epstein Barr virus (EBV), the first human tumor virus that was identified in man, and Kaposi Sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV), one of the most recently identified human oncogenic pathogens. Both of these have co-evolved with humans to cause tumors only in a minority of infected individuals, despite their exquisite ability to establish persistent infections. In this review we will summarize the fine-tuned balance between immune responses, immune escape and cellular transformation by these viruses, which results in life-long persistent, but asymptomatic infection with immune control in most virus carriers. A detailed understanding of this balance is required to immunotherapeutically reinstall it in patients that suffer from EBV and KSHV associated malignancies.
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- Jae Jung
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Harlyne J. Norris Cancer Research Tower, 1450 Biggy Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
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- Viral Immunobiology, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Programmed death-1 (PD-1), programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1), and EBV-encoded RNA (EBER) expression in Hodgkin lymphoma. Ann Hematol 2015; 94:1545-52. [DOI: 10.1007/s00277-015-2403-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Accepted: 05/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Kanakry J, Ambinder R. The Biology and Clinical Utility of EBV Monitoring in Blood. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2015; 391:475-99. [PMID: 26428386 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22834-1_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA in blood can be quantified in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, in circulating cell-free (CCF) DNA specimens, or in whole blood. CCF viral DNA may be actively released or extruded from viable cells, packaged in virions or passively shed from cells during apoptosis or necrosis. In infectious mononucleosis, viral DNA is detected in each of these kinds of specimens, although it is only transiently detected in CCF specimens. In nasopharyngeal carcinoma, CCF EBV DNA is an established tumor marker. In EBV-associated Hodgkin lymphoma and in EBV-associated extranodal NK-/T-cell lymphoma, there is growing evidence for the utility of CCF DNA as a tumor marker.
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- Jennifer Kanakry
- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 389 CRB1 1650 Orleans, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 389 CRB1 1650 Orleans, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
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Scott DW, Steidl C. The classical Hodgkin lymphoma tumor microenvironment: macrophages and gene expression-based modeling. HEMATOLOGY. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY. EDUCATION PROGRAM 2014; 2014:144-150. [PMID: 25696847 DOI: 10.1182/asheducation-2014.1.144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Despite the high cure rate in classical Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL), more accurate tailoring of upfront treatment is required to maximize cure while avoiding unnecessary short- and long-term treatment side effects. To this end, the unique tumor microenvironment of CHL has been searched extensively for prognostic biomarkers. Beyond targeted immunohistochemistry (IHC) studies, gene expression profiling (GEP) of diagnostic whole tissue biopsies has allowed a de novo approach to biomarker discovery. Among numerous candidate biomarkers, an association between the number of tumor-associated macrophages in the microenvironment and outcomes after ABVD (doxorubicin + bleomycin + vinblastine + dacarbazine) chemotherapy emerged, and multiple subsequent studies have validated this biological relationship using IHC. These studies have also defined key aspects for macrophage interrogation, including the characteristics of the CD68 and CD163 antibodies, appropriate scoring methodologies, and the identification of specific patient populations in which macrophage IHC may not be prognostic. The GEP studies also led to the development of gene expression-based prognostic models for advanced-stage CHL, with new technologies allowing reliable gene expression quantitation using RNA from routinely produced formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded biopsies. The bridge to predictive biomarkers that can be used reliably to inform upfront treatment selection requires further studies to demonstrate that these biomarkers can identify robustly, at diagnosis, patients at high risk of treatment failure with ABVD and that this risk may be overcome using alternative treatments.
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- David W Scott
- Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada
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Prevalence of herpesviruses at onset of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol 2014; 29:2325-31. [PMID: 24899237 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-014-2860-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Revised: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (INS) is likely a primary immune disorder, but viruses might also be involved in the mechanisms of the disease. Here, we investigate the link between herpesvirus infection and the first manifestation of INS in children. METHODS A prospective, multicentre, and population-based case-control study called NEPHROVIR included 164 patients, aged 6 months to 15 years old, newly diagnosed with INS, and 233 controls matched for gender, age, and period of sample. The analysis was done on 124 patients and 196 controls. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6), and human herpesvirus-7 (HHV-7) DNA prevalence at diagnosis were assessed from whole peripheral blood samples, as well as EBV and CMV viral load and seroprevalence. RESULTS EBV DNA was significantly more prevalent in cases than in controls (50.8 vs 29.1 %; OR = 2.6; p = 0.0002), with no difference in viral load. A significant difference was also found for CMV (11.3 vs 3.6 %; p = 0.02) and HHV-7 (83 vs 72 %; p = 0.02) DNA prevalence between cases and controls. There were significantly more EBV and CMV recent infections or reactivations based on VCA-IgM and CMV IgM in cases than controls, while there were no differences in IgG seroprevalence. CONCLUSION The prevalence of positive EBV DNA detection and recent infection or reactivation is higher in children at onset of INS compared to a population matched for age, gender, and time of sampling.
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Zhang G, Zong J, Lin S, Verhoeven RJA, Tong S, Chen Y, Ji M, Cheng W, Tsao SW, Lung M, Pan J, Chen H. Circulating Epstein-Barr virus microRNAs miR-BART7 and miR-BART13 as biomarkers for nasopharyngeal carcinoma diagnosis and treatment. Int J Cancer 2014; 136:E301-12. [PMID: 25213622 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2014] [Revised: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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More than 75% of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients have already developed local or regional spread at diagnosis, which hampers effective treatment and results in a poor prognosis. It is essential to characterize more sensitive and specific biomarkers for screening of high risk individuals and assessment of NPC treatment effectiveness. NPC is an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated tumor in which only a few viral proteins but more than 20 BamHI A rightward transcripts (BART) microRNAs are detected, at abundant levels. We hypothesized that these BART microRNAs may be novel biomarkers for NPC. Systematic analysis of EBV BART microRNA expression profiles in EBV latently infected Mutu I and Mutu III cell lines, EBV-harboring NPC and noncancerous NP cells found that miR-BART3, miR-BART7 and miR-BART13 microRNAs are highly expressed and regularly secreted into the extracellular environment of NPC cells. These BART microRNAs were evaluated for used as potential NPC biomarkers. Analysis of plasma specimens obtained from NPC patients (n = 89), and healthy (n = 28) and non-NPC tumor patient controls (n = 18) found levels of both miR-BART7 and miR-BART13, but not miR-BART3, to be distinctly presence among NPC patients, with elevated levels being particularly apparent among patients with advanced disease. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis combining miR-BART7 and miR-BART13 levels produces a 90% predictive value for the presence of NPC. Analysis of 41 NPC patients before and after radiotherapy showed that miR-BART7 and miR-BART13, but not miR-BART3, were diminished after treatment. These results indicate that EBV microRNAs, miR-BART7 and miR-BART13, may constitute useful new serological biomarkers for diagnosis of NPC and prediction of treatment efficacy.
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- Gaohong Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology and Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China
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