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MODERN PATHOLOGY
Volume 20, Issue 6, Pages 632-637Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3800778
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BSAP; PAX-5; peripheral T; cell lymphoma; angioimmunoblastic T; cell lymphoma
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Lineage determination in lymphomas is based on the assessment of lineage-specific markers, such as the B-cell-specific activator protein of the paired box family (BSAP, PAX-5) for the B-cell lineage. BSAP is thought to be expressed exclusively in B cells from the pro-B- to the mature B-cell stage and then silenced in plasma cells. BSAP has oncogenic potential and experimental evidence shows that the T-cell lineage is prone to this effect. Herein, we report on a BSAP-positive peripheral T-cell lymphoma with monoclonal T-cell receptor c-gene rearrangement. To assess the relative frequency of BSAP expression in mature T-cell lymphomas, we constructed and examined a tissue microarray consisting of 43 angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphomas and peripheral T-cell lymphomas and detected no additional BSAP-positive cases. To conclude, BSAP can probably contribute to T-cell lymphomagenesis not only in vitro, but also in vivo. It is rarely expressed in peripheral T-cell lymphoma, thus its detection on lymphoid malignancies cannot be considered definitively lineage specific.
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