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Overview

Caspase-8 mutations are relatively rare but have been documented in various non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs). One study found no CASP8 mutations in gastrointestinal lymphomas, suggesting that these mutations may not be prevalent in all lymphoma types. Due to the rarity of these mutations, their role remains poorly understood. Loss of caspase-8 may promote lymphomagenesis by impairing cytokinesis and increasing chromosomal aberrations. Mutations in this gene were first described in DLBCL in 2017 by Reddy et al.1

Relevance tier by entity

Entity Tier Description
DLBCL 1 high-confidence DLBCL gene1

Mutation incidence in large patient cohorts (GAMBL reanalysis)

Entity source frequency (%)
DLBCL GAMBL genomes 2.68
DLBCL Schmitz cohort 1.06
DLBCL Reddy cohort 1.20
DLBCL Chapuy cohort 1.28

Mutation pattern and selective pressure estimates

Entity aSHM Significant selection dN/dS (missense) dN/dS (nonsense)
BL No No 12.972 0
DLBCL No No 6.371 0
FL No No 8.788 0

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CASP8 Expression

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References

1.
Reddy A, Zhang J, Davis NS, Moffitt AB, Love CL, Waldrop A, Leppa S, Pasanen A, Meriranta L, Karjalainen-Lindsberg ML, Nørgaard P, Pedersen M, Gang AO, Høgdall E, Heavican TB, Lone W, Iqbal J, Qin Q, Li G, Kim SY, Healy J, Richards KL, Fedoriw Y, Bernal-Mizrachi L, Koff JL, Staton AD, Flowers CR, Paltiel O, Goldschmidt N, Calaminici M, Clear A, Gribben J, Nguyen E, Czader MB, Ondrejka SL, Collie A, Hsi ED, Tse E, Au-Yeung RKH, Kwong YL, Srivastava G, Choi WWL, Evens AM, Pilichowska M, Sengar M, Reddy N, Li S, Chadburn A, Gordon LI, Jaffe ES, Levy S, Rempel R, Tzeng T, Happ LE, Dave T, Rajagopalan D, Datta J, Dunson DB, Dave SS. Genetic and Functional Drivers of Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma. Cell. 2017 Oct;171(2):481–494.e15. PMCID: PMC5659841

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