Distinct B-Cell Specific Transcriptional Contexts of the BCL2 Oncogene Impact Pre-Malignant Development in Mouse Models.

Upregulated expression of the anti-apoptotic oncogene is a common feature of various types of B-cell malignancies, from lymphoma to leukemia or myeloma. It is currently unclear how the various patterns of deregulation observed in pathology eventually impact the phenotype of malignant B cells and their microenvironment. Follicular lymphoma (FL) is the most common non-Hodgkin lymphoma arising from malignant germinal center (GC) B-cells, and its major hallmark is the t(14:18) translocation occurring in B cell progenitors and placing the gene under the control of the immunoglobulin heavy chain locus regulatory region (IgH 3'RR), thus exposing it to constitutive expression and hypermutation.

History of IgA Nephropathy Mouse Models.

IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common primary glomerulonephritis in the world. It was first described in 1968 by Jean Berger and Nicole Hinglais as the presence of intercapillary deposits of IgA. Despite this simple description, patients with IgAN may present very broad clinical features ranging from the isolated presence of IgA in the mesangium without clinical or biological manifestations to rapidly progressive kidney failure.