Table 1 Expression of BCL-6, Phenotypic Markers, and Relationship to the BCL-6 Gene Structural Alterations in T-NHLs

From: Alterations on the 5′ Noncoding Region of the BCL-6 Gene Are Not Correlated with BCL-6 Protein Expression in T Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas

Case

Diagnosis

BCL-6

CD30

CD4

CD8

SSCP

SB

1

LBL

#

+

WT

G

2

LBL

+

WT

G

3

LBL

20–30%

ND

ND

WT

G

4

LBL

20%

+

+

WT

G

5

LBL

30%

+

+

WT

G

6

LBL

+

WT

G

7

LBL

#

+

WT

G

8

LBL

+

WT

G

9

ALCL

60%

+

+

WT

G

10

ALCL

30%

+

+

WT

G

11

ALCL

30%

+

+

WT

G

12

ALCL

20%

+

+

WT

G

13

ALCL

+

+

WT

G

14

ALCL

#

+

+

WT

G

15

ALCL

#

+

+

WT

G

16

ALCL

#

+

ND

ND

WT

G

17

ALCL

#

+

+

WT

G

18

ALCL

#

+

+

WT

G

19

IBL

20%

+

+

WT

G

20

IBL

#

+

M (E1.11.)

G

21

PTCL

40%

+

WT

G

22

PTCL

#

+

WT

G

23

PTCL

#

ND

ND

ND

WT

G

24

PTCL

#

+

WT

G

25

PTCL

#

ND

ND

ND

WT

G

26

PTCL

#

+

M (E1.12.)

G

27

PTCL

20%

+

M (E1.11.)

G

28

PTCL

20%

ND

+

WT

G

29

PTCL

+

WT

G

30

PTCL

#

+

WT

G

31

AILD

20%

+

WT

G

32

AILD

+

WT

G

33

MF

ND

+

WT

G

  1. T-NHLs, T cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas; LBL, lymphoblastic B-cell lymphoma; ALCL, anaplastic large-cell lymphoma; IBL, immunoblastic lymphoma; PTCL, peripheral T-cell lymphoma; AILD, angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy; MF, mycosis fungoides; SSCP, single strand conformation polymorphism; SB, Southern blot; G, germline; WT, wild type; M, mutation; ND, not done;
  2. #, BCL-6 expression < 10%, ♦, rare positive cells.