PMID- 32516416 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210510 LR - 20240328 IS - 2473-9537 (Electronic) IS - 2473-9529 (Print) IS - 2473-9529 (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 11 DP - 2020 Jun 9 TI - Gene expression profiling of gray zone lymphoma. PG - 2523-2535 LID - 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020001923 [doi] AB - Gray zone lymphoma (GZL), a B-cell lymphoma with features intermediate between large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) and classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), is a rare and poorly defined entity. Alongside GZL, a subset of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) has been described with polymorphic/GZL-like morphology (polymorphic-EBV-L). To fill the important gap in our understanding of the pathogenic process underlying these entities, we performed a gene expression study of a large international cohort of GZL and polymorphic-EBV-L, combined with cHL and primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBCL) cases. In an unsupervised principal component analysis, GZL cases presented with intermediate scores in a spectrum between cHL and PMBCL, whereas polymorphic-EBV-L clustered distinctly. The main biological pathways underlying the GZL spectrum were related to cell cycle, reflecting tumor cell content, and extracellular matrix signatures related to the cellular tumor microenvironment. Differential expression analysis and phenotypic characterization of the tumor microenvironment highlighted the predominance of regulatory macrophages in GZL compared with cHL and PMBCL. Two distinct subtypes of GZL were distinguishable that were phenotypically reminiscent of PMBCL and DLBCL, and we observed an association of PMBCL-type GZL with clinical presentation in the "thymic" anatomic niche. In summary, gene expression profiling (GEP) enabled us to add precision to the GZL spectrum, describe the biological distinction compared with polymorphic-EBV-L, and distinguish cases with and without thymic involvement as 2 subgroups of GZL, namely PMBCL-like and DLBCL-like GZL. CI - (c) 2020 by The American Society of Hematology. FAU - Sarkozy, Clementine AU - Sarkozy C AD - INSERM Unite Mixte de Recherche (UMR)-S1052, Centre National de la Recherche UMR 5286, Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie de Lyon, Lyon, France. AD - Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, British Columbia Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Chong, Lauren AU - Chong L AD - Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, British Columbia Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Takata, Katsuyoshi AU - Takata K AD - Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, British Columbia Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Chavez, Elizabeth A AU - Chavez EA AD - Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, British Columbia Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Miyata-Takata, Tomoko AU - Miyata-Takata T AD - Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, British Columbia Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Duns, Gerben AU - Duns G AD - Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, British Columbia Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Telenius, Adele AU - Telenius A AD - Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, British Columbia Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Boyle, Merrill AU - Boyle M AD - Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, British Columbia Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Slack, Graham W AU - Slack GW AD - Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, British Columbia Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Laurent, Camille AU - Laurent C AD - Institut Universitaire du Cancer-Oncopole de Toulouse, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Toulouse, INSERM U.1037, Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie de Toulouse-Purpan, Toulouse, France. FAU - Farinha, Pedro AU - Farinha P AD - Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, British Columbia Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Molina, Thierry J AU - Molina TJ AD - Pathology Department, Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Universite Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France. FAU - Copie-Bergman, Christiane AU - Copie-Bergman C AD - Pathology Department, Henri Mondor-Albert Chennevier Hospital, AP-HP, Paris Est-Creteil (UPEC) University, UMR-S 955, INSERM, Creteil, France. FAU - Damotte, Diane AU - Damotte D AD - Departement de Pathologie, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin, AP-HP, Paris Descartes University-Sorbonne, Paris, France. FAU - Salles, Gilles A AU - Salles GA AD - INSERM Unite Mixte de Recherche (UMR)-S1052, Centre National de la Recherche UMR 5286, Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie de Lyon, Lyon, France. AD - Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Service d'Hematologie, Pierre Benite Cedex, France. FAU - Mottok, Anja AU - Mottok A AD - Institute of Human Genetics, Ulm University and Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany; and. FAU - Savage, Kerry J AU - Savage KJ AD - Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, British Columbia Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Scott, David W AU - Scott DW AD - Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, British Columbia Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada. FAU - Traverse-Glehen, Alexandra AU - Traverse-Glehen A AD - INSERM Unite Mixte de Recherche (UMR)-S1052, Centre National de la Recherche UMR 5286, Centre de Recherche en Cancerologie de Lyon, Lyon, France. AD - Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Pierre Benite Cedex, France. FAU - Steidl, Christian AU - Steidl C AD - Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, British Columbia Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada. LA - eng GR - CAPMC/CIHR/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Blood Adv JT - Blood advances JID - 101698425 SB - IM MH - *Epstein-Barr Virus Infections MH - Female MH - *Gene Expression Profiling MH - Herpesvirus 4, Human/genetics MH - *Hodgkin Disease/genetics MH - Humans MH - *Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/genetics MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Tumor Microenvironment PMC - PMC7284085 COIS- Conflict-of-interest disclosure: C. Steidl has performed consultancy for Seattle Genetics, Curis Inc., Roche, AbbVie, Juno Therapeutics, and Bayer; and has received research funding from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Trillium Therapeutics Inc. D.W.S. has performed consultancy for Janssen and Celgene; and received research funding from Roche/Genentech, Janssen, and NanoString Technologies. K.J.S. received honoraria and provided consultancy to Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Takeda, Verastem, and Servier. The remaining authors declare no competing financial interests. EDAT- 2020/06/10 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/11 06:00 PMCR- 2020/06/09 CRDT- 2020/06/10 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/04/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/06/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/06/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/06/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2473-9529(20)31279-9 [pii] AID - 2020/ADV2020001923 [pii] AID - 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020001923 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Blood Adv. 2020 Jun 9;4(11):2523-2535. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020001923.