Saturday, December 22, 2012

Research Progress on the Etiology and Pathogenesis of MALT Lymphoma


Research Progress on the Etiology and Pathogenesis of MALT Lymphoma


2012 

[Article in Chinese]

Source

Department of Hematology, Peking University Third Hospita, Beijing 100083, China.

Abstract


Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALTlymphoma originated outside the lymph nodes is low grade malignant B celllymphoma. It is the most frequent type of marginal zone non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, that usually occurs in the stomach, salivary gland, thyroid gland and orbital adnexa. Gastric MALT lymphoma accounts for 50% of MALT lymphoma. GastricMALT lymphoma has been confirmed to relate with Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection, its main pathogenesis is immune reaction, but some patients with chromosome translocation have no response to HP eradication, suggesting presence of other unknow pathogenesis. The chromosome translocations in MALT lymphoma are t(11;18)(q21;q21), t(1;14)(p22;q32), t(14;18)(q32;q21), t(3;14)(p14.1;q32). Recent studies show some new chromosomal abnormalities such as 6q23.3/A20 and so on, which have some effects on clinical course and prognosis. MALT lymphoma with chromosome abnormalities usually activate common NF-κB molecular pathway, and persistent active NF-κB pathway drives tumor cell proliferative and active, resulting in lymphoma incidence. In this articl, the advances in the etiology and pathogenesis of MALT lymphoma were reviewed.

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