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==Gene Rearrangements==
==Gene Rearrangements==
Detection of clonal IGH and IGK gene rearrangements supports a neoplastic process and helps differentiate EBV-positive DLBCL from reactive, polyclonal B-cell proliferations.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=BlueBooksOnline|url=https://tumourclassification.iarc.who.int/chaptercontent/63/149}}</ref> However, the major oncogenic driver rearrangements seen in other aggressive B-cell lymphoma such as the ‘double/triple-hit’ rearrangements involving ''MYC, BCL2, or BCL6'' are rare in EBV-positive DLBCL<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Liu|first=Hui|last2=Xu-Monette|first2=Zijun Y|last3=Tang|first3=Guilin|last4=Wang|first4=Wei|last5=Kim|first5=Young|last6=Yuan|first6=Ji|last7=Li|first7=Yu|last8=Chen|first8=Weina|last9=Li|first9=Yanping|date=2022|title=EBV+ high-grade B cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 rearrangements: a multi-institutional study|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/his.14585|journal=Histopathology|language=en|volume=80|issue=3|pages=575–588|doi=10.1111/his.14585|issn=1365-2559}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Frontzek|first=Fabian|last2=Staiger|first2=Annette M.|last3=Wullenkord|first3=Ramona|last4=Grau|first4=Michael|last5=Zapukhlyak|first5=Myroslav|last6=Kurz|first6=Katrin S.|last7=Horn|first7=Heike|last8=Erdmann|first8=Tabea|last9=Fend|first9=Falko|date=2023-03|title=Molecular profiling of EBV associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41375-022-01804-w|journal=Leukemia|language=en|volume=37|issue=3|pages=670–679|doi=10.1038/s41375-022-01804-w|issn=1476-5551|pmc=9991915|pmid=36604606}}</ref>. Its pathogenesis is driven more by EBV-related mechanisms and distinct genetic alterations than by these characteristic translocations. ''IRF4'' rearrangements involving known partners such as ''IGH'' and more recently ''RHOH'' have also been described in EBV-positive DLBCL<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Zhang|first=Yuxiu|last2=Li|first2=Anqi|last3=Li|first3=Yimin|last4=Ouyang|first4=Binshen|last5=Wang|first5=Xuan|last6=Zhang|first6=Lei|last7=Xu|first7=Haimin|last8=Gu|first8=Yijin|last9=Lu|first9=Xinyuan|date=2024-11|title=Clinicopathological and Molecular Characteristics of Rare EBV-associated Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma With IRF4 Rearrangement|url=https://journals.lww.com/10.1097/PAS.0000000000002301|journal=American Journal of Surgical Pathology|language=en|volume=48|issue=11|pages=1341–1348|doi=10.1097/PAS.0000000000002301|issn=0147-5185}}</ref>. ''RHOH'', is an RHO GTPase family member and negative regulator of cell growth, has been described as a fusion partner in other lymphoid neoplasms but is more commonly linked to non-coding somatic hypermutation in DLBCL<ref name=":0" /> Clinically, morphologically as well as at the molecular level, EBV+DLBCL-''IRF4''-R resemble and behave like EBV+DLBCL<ref name=":0" />
Detection of clonal IGH and IGK gene rearrangements supports a neoplastic process and helps differentiate EBV-positive DLBCL from reactive, polyclonal B-cell proliferations.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=BlueBooksOnline|url=https://tumourclassification.iarc.who.int/chaptercontent/63/149}}</ref> However, the major oncogenic driver rearrangements seen in other aggressive B-cell lymphoma such as the ‘double/triple-hit’ rearrangements involving ''MYC, BCL2, or BCL6'' are rare in EBV-positive DLBCL<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Liu|first=Hui|last2=Xu-Monette|first2=Zijun Y|last3=Tang|first3=Guilin|last4=Wang|first4=Wei|last5=Kim|first5=Young|last6=Yuan|first6=Ji|last7=Li|first7=Yu|last8=Chen|first8=Weina|last9=Li|first9=Yanping|date=2022|title=EBV+ high-grade B cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 rearrangements: a multi-institutional study|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/his.14585|journal=Histopathology|language=en|volume=80|issue=3|pages=575–588|doi=10.1111/his.14585|issn=1365-2559}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Frontzek|first=Fabian|last2=Staiger|first2=Annette M.|last3=Wullenkord|first3=Ramona|last4=Grau|first4=Michael|last5=Zapukhlyak|first5=Myroslav|last6=Kurz|first6=Katrin S.|last7=Horn|first7=Heike|last8=Erdmann|first8=Tabea|last9=Fend|first9=Falko|date=2023-03|title=Molecular profiling of EBV associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41375-022-01804-w|journal=Leukemia|language=en|volume=37|issue=3|pages=670–679|doi=10.1038/s41375-022-01804-w|issn=1476-5551|pmc=9991915|pmid=36604606}}</ref>. Its pathogenesis is driven more by EBV-related mechanisms and distinct genetic alterations than by these characteristic translocations. ''IRF4'' rearrangements involving known partners such as ''IGH'' and more recently ''RHOH'' have also been described in EBV-positive DLBCL<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Zhang|first=Yuxiu|last2=Li|first2=Anqi|last3=Li|first3=Yimin|last4=Ouyang|first4=Binshen|last5=Wang|first5=Xuan|last6=Zhang|first6=Lei|last7=Xu|first7=Haimin|last8=Gu|first8=Yijin|last9=Lu|first9=Xinyuan|date=2024-11|title=Clinicopathological and Molecular Characteristics of Rare EBV-associated Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma With IRF4 Rearrangement|url=https://journals.lww.com/10.1097/PAS.0000000000002301|journal=American Journal of Surgical Pathology|language=en|volume=48|issue=11|pages=1341–1348|doi=10.1097/PAS.0000000000002301|issn=0147-5185}}</ref>. ''RHOH'', is an RHO GTPase family member and negative regulator of cell growth, has been described as a fusion partner in other lymphoid neoplasms but is more commonly linked to non-coding somatic hypermutation in DLBCL<ref name=":0" /> Clinically, morphologically as well as at the molecular level, EBV+DLBCL-''IRF4''-R resemble and behave like EBV+DLBCL<ref name=":0" />
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|''SOCS1''<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Gebauer|first=Niklas|last2=Künstner|first2=Axel|last3=Ketzer|first3=Julius|last4=Witte|first4=Hanno M.|last5=Rausch|first5=Tobias|last6=Benes|first6=Vladimir|last7=Zimmermann|first7=Jürgen|last8=Gebauer|first8=Judith|last9=Merz|first9=Hartmut|date=2021-05-26|title=Genomic insights into the pathogenesis of Epstein–Barr virus-associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma by whole-genome and targeted amplicon sequencing|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41408-021-00493-5|journal=Blood Cancer Journal|language=en|volume=11|issue=5|pages=102|doi=10.1038/s41408-021-00493-5|issn=2044-5385|pmc=8155002|pmid=34039950}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Takahashi|first=Takumi|last2=Sawada|first2=Keisuke|last3=Yamashita|first3=Takahisa|last4=Yamamoto|first4=Wataru|last5=Iijima|first5=Yosuke|last6=Adachi|first6=Akiko|last7=Kashimura|first7=Makoto|last8=Tabayashi|first8=Takayuki|last9=Kizaki|first9=Masahiro|date=2025|title=Genetic Profiling Reveals the Distinctions Among MTX-Associated DLBCL, EBV-Positive Mucocutaneous Ulcer, and EBV + DLBCL|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cas.70111|journal=Cancer Science|language=en|volume=116|issue=8|pages=2306–2316|doi=10.1111/cas.70111|issn=1349-7006|pmc=12317404|pmid=40458922}}</ref>


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|SOCS1 mutations, especially affecting SOCS-BOX domain, improve prognosis with better PFS and OS, likely due to their role in modulating the JAK-STAT pathway.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zhang|first=Xin-Yi|last2=Xing|first2=Tong-Yao|last3=Hua|first3=Wei|last4=Li|first4=Yue|last5=Kong|first5=Yi-Lin|last6=Pan|first6=Bi-Hui|last7=Zhang|first7=Xin-Yu|last8=Wu|first8=Jia-Zhu|last9=Shen|first9=Hao-Rui|date=2025-08-31|title=Prognostic Role of SOCS1 Mutations in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma|url=https://www.e-crt.org/journal/view.php?doi=10.4143/crt.2025.420|journal=Cancer Research and Treatment|language=English|doi=10.4143/crt.2025.420|issn=1598-2998}}</ref>
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# Frontzek, F., Staiger, A.M., Wullenkord, R. ''et al.'' Molecular profiling of EBV associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. ''Leukemia'' 37, 670–679 (2023). <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-022-01804-w</nowiki>
# Frontzek, F., Staiger, A.M., Wullenkord, R. ''et al.'' Molecular profiling of EBV associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. ''Leukemia'' 37, 670–679 (2023). <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-022-01804-w</nowiki>
# Zhang, Yuxiu MD*; Li, Anqi MD, PhD*; Li, Yimin MD, PhD*; Ouyang, Binshen MD, PhD*; Wang, Xuan MD, PhD*; Zhang, Lei MSc*; Xu, Haimin BSMT*; Gu, Yijin MSc*; Lu, Xinyuan MD, PhD†; Dong, Lei MD, PhD*; Yi, Hongmei MD, PhD*; Wang, Chaofu MD, PhD*. Clinicopathological and Molecular Characteristics of Rare EBV-associated Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma With IRF4 Rearrangement. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology 48(11):p 1341-1348, November 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000002301  
# Zhang, Yuxiu MD*; Li, Anqi MD, PhD*; Li, Yimin MD, PhD*; Ouyang, Binshen MD, PhD*; Wang, Xuan MD, PhD*; Zhang, Lei MSc*; Xu, Haimin BSMT*; Gu, Yijin MSc*; Lu, Xinyuan MD, PhD†; Dong, Lei MD, PhD*; Yi, Hongmei MD, PhD*; Wang, Chaofu MD, PhD*. Clinicopathological and Molecular Characteristics of Rare EBV-associated Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma With IRF4 Rearrangement. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology 48(11):p 1341-1348, November 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000002301  
# Gebauer, N., Künstner, A., Ketzer, J. ''et al.'' Genomic insights into the pathogenesis of Epstein–Barr virus-associated diffuse large B-cell lymphoma by whole-genome and targeted amplicon sequencing. ''Blood Cancer J.'' 11, 102 (2021). <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1038/s41408-021-00493-5</nowiki>
# Takahashi, T., Sawada, K., Yamashita, T., Yamamoto, W., Iijima, Y., Adachi, A., Kashimura, M., Tabayashi, T., Kizaki, M., Kaneko, T., Tamaru, J.-i., Higashi, M. and Momose, S. (2025), Genetic Profiling Reveals the Distinctions Among MTX-Associated DLBCL, EBV-Positive Mucocutaneous Ulcer, and EBV + DLBCL. Cancer Sci, 116: 2306-2316. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1111/cas.70111</nowiki>
# Liau, N.P.D., Laktyushin, A., Lucet, I.S. ''et al.'' The molecular basis of JAK/STAT inhibition by SOCS1. ''Nat Commun'' 9, 1558 (2018). <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04013-1</nowiki>
# Zhang XY, Xing TY, Hua W, Li Y, Kong YL, Pan BH, Zhang XY, Wu JZ, Shen HR, Yin H, Wang L, Li JY, Gao R, Liang JH, Xu W. Prognostic Role of SOCS1 Mutations in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Cancer Res Treat. ;0.0. doi: 10.4143/crt.2025.420


==Notes==
==Notes==