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Targeting the DNA damage response for patients with lymphoma : preclinical and clinical evidences

Carrassa, Laura ; Colombo, Ilaria ; Damia, Giovanna ; Bertoni, Francesco

In: Cancer treatment reviews, 2020, vol. 90, p. 11

The DNA damage response (DDR) is a well-coordinated cellular network activated by DNA damage. The unravelling of the key players in DDR, their specific inactivation in different tumor types and the synthesis of specific chemical inhibitors of DDR represent a new hot topic in cancer therapy. In this article, we will review the importance of DDR in lymphoma development and how this can be...

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Richter syndrome

Condoluci, Adalgisa ; Rossi, Davide

In: Current Oncology Reports, 2021, vol. 23, no. 3, p. 10

Purpose of Review Richter syndrome (RS) is an uncommon but aggressive evolution of chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL). RS is an unmet clinical need in the field of CLL. Recent advances in understanding the biology of this condition provide the rationale for testing new therapeutic concepts in order to improve the outcome of patients developing RS, which is so far...

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Biological and clinical implications of BIRC3 mutations in chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Diop, Fary ; Moia, Riccardo ; Favini, Chiara ; Spaccarotella, Elisa ; De Paoli, Lorenzo ; Bruscaggin, Alessio ; Spina, Valeria ; Terzi-di-Bergamo, Lodovico ; Arruga, Francesca ; Tarantelli, Chiara ; Deambrogi, Clara ; Rasi, Silvia ; Adhinaveni, Ramesh ; Patriarca, Andrea ; Favini, Simone ; Sagiraju, Sruthi ; Jabangwe, Clive ; Kodipad, Ahad A. ; Peroni, Denise ; Mauro, Francesca R. ; Del Giudice, Ilaria ; Forconi, Francesco ; Cortelezzi, Agostino ; Zaja, Francesco ; Bomben, Riccardo ; Rossi, Francesca Maria ; Visco, Carlo ; Chiarenza, Annalisa ; Rigolin, Gian Matteo ; Marasca, Roberto ; Coscia, Marta ; Perbellini, Omar ; Tedeschi, Alessandra ; Laurenti, Luca ; Motta, Marina ; Donaldson, David ; Weir, Phil ; Mills, Ken ; Thornton, Patrick ; Lawless, Sarah ; Bertoni, Francesco ; Del Poeta, Giovanni ; Cuneo, Antonio ; Follenzi, Antonia ; Gattei, Valter ; Boldorini, Renzo Luciano ; Catherwood, Mark ; Deaglio, Silvia ; Foà, Robin ; Gaidano, Gianluca ; Rossi, Davide

In: Haematologica, 2020, vol. 105, no. 2, p. 448-456

BIRC3 is a recurrently mutated gene in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) but the functional implications of BIRC3 mutations are largely unexplored. Furthermore, little is known about the prognostic impact of BIRC3 mutations in CLL cohorts homogeneously treated with first-line fludarabine, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab (FCR). By immunoblotting analysis, we showed that the non-canonical...

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Role of ETS1 in the transcriptional network of diffuse large B cell lymphoma of the activated B cell-like type

Priebe, Valdemar ; Sartori, Giulio ; Napoli, Sara ; Chung, Elaine Yee Lin ; Cascione, Luciano ; Kwee, Ivo ; Arribas, Alberto Jesus ; Mensah, Afua Adjeiwaa ; Rinaldi, Andrea ; Ponzoni, Maurilio ; Zucca, Emanuele ; Rossi, Davide ; Efremov, Dimitar ; Lenz, Georg ; Thome, Margot ; Bertoni, Francesco

In: Cancers, 2020, vol. 12, no. 7, p. 17 p

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a heterogenous disease that has been distinguished into at least two major molecular entities, the germinal center-like B cell (GCB) DLBCL and activated-like B cell (ABC) DLBCL, based on transcriptome expression profiling. A recurrent ch11q24.3 gain is observed in roughly a fourth of DLBCL cases resulting in the overexpression of two ETS transcription...