Table 1.

Major recurring genetic events in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).

Genetic DefectFrequency, %LocationMechanism of deregulation
Abbreviations: SHM, somatic hypermutation 
Reprinted with permission from Abramson and Shipp.2  
BCL6 35–40 3q27 t(3;…) and SHM 
BCL2 t(14;18): 13 amplification: 24 18q21 t(14;18) and gene amplification 
cMYC 15 8q24 t(8;…) and SHM 
FAS(CD95) 20 10q24 Death domain mutations, ?SHM 
SHM 45 Physiologic: Ig(v), FAS, BCL6
 Aberrant: BCL6, PIM1, cMYC, PAX5, RhoH/TTF, ?FAS SHM 
p53 16 17p Mutation, deletion 
Genetic DefectFrequency, %LocationMechanism of deregulation
Abbreviations: SHM, somatic hypermutation 
Reprinted with permission from Abramson and Shipp.2  
BCL6 35–40 3q27 t(3;…) and SHM 
BCL2 t(14;18): 13 amplification: 24 18q21 t(14;18) and gene amplification 
cMYC 15 8q24 t(8;…) and SHM 
FAS(CD95) 20 10q24 Death domain mutations, ?SHM 
SHM 45 Physiologic: Ig(v), FAS, BCL6
 Aberrant: BCL6, PIM1, cMYC, PAX5, RhoH/TTF, ?FAS SHM 
p53 16 17p Mutation, deletion 

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