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Overview

This gene encodes the H2A protein, one of the core proteins comprising nucleosomes. Although relatively common in DLBCL, little is known about the function of these mutations.

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Entity Tier Description
DLBCL 1 high-confidence DLBCL gene1

Mutation incidence in large patient cohorts (GAMBL reanalysis)

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Mutation pattern and selective pressure estimates

Entity aSHM Significant selection dN/dS (missense) dN/dS (nonsense)
BL No No 3.780 40.980
DLBCL No No 0.601 3.291
FL No No 3.156 0.000

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HIST2H2BE Expression

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References

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Schmitz R, Wright GW, Huang DW, Johnson CA, Phelan JD, Wang JQ, Roulland S, Kasbekar M, Young RM, Shaffer AL, Hodson DJ, Xiao W, Yu X, Yang Y, Zhao H, Xu W, Liu X, Zhou B, Du W, Chan WC, Jaffe ES, Gascoyne RD, Connors JM, Campo E, Lopez-Guillermo A, Rosenwald A, Ott G, Delabie J, Rimsza LM, Tay Kuang Wei K, Zelenetz AD, Leonard JP, Bartlett NL, Tran B, Shetty J, Zhao Y, Soppet DR, Pittaluga S, Wilson WH, Staudt LM. Genetics and Pathogenesis of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. N Engl J Med. 2018 Apr 12;378(15):1396–1407. PMCID: PMC6010183

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