BCL6
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B-cell CLL/lymphoma 6 (zinc finger protein 51), also known as BCL6, is a human gene.
The protein encoded by this gene is a zinc finger transcription factor and contains an N-terminal POZ domain. This protein acts as a sequence-specific repressor of transcription, and has been shown to modulate the transcription of START-dependent IL-4 responses of B cells. This protein can interact with a variety of POZ-containing proteins that function as transcription corepressors. This gene is found to be frequently translocated and hypermutated in diffuse large-cell lymphoma (DLCL), and may be involved in the pathogenesis of DLCL. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants that encode the identical protein have been reported for this gene.[1]
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- Ueda C, Akasaka T, Ohno H (2003). "Non-immunoglobulin/BCL6 gene fusion in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: prognostic implications.". Leuk. Lymphoma 43 (7): 1375–81. PMID 12389616.
- Niu H (2003). "The proto-oncogene BCL-6 in normal and malignant B cell development.". Hematological oncology 20 (4): 155–66. doi: . PMID 12469325.
- Tokuhisa T (2003). "[A role for Bcl6 in immune memory development]". Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 47 (16 Suppl): 2306–12. PMID 12518453.
- Ohno H (2004). "Pathogenetic role of BCL6 translocation in B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.". Histol. Histopathol. 19 (2): 637–50. PMID 15024721.
- Pasqualucci L, Bereschenko O, Niu H, et al. (2004). "Molecular pathogenesis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: the role of Bcl-6.". Leuk. Lymphoma 44 Suppl 3: S5–12. PMID 15202519.
- Jardin F, Ruminy P, Bastard C, Tilly H (2007). "The BCL6 proto-oncogene: a leading role during germinal center development and lymphomagenesis.". Pathol. Biol. 55 (1): 73–83. doi: . PMID 16815642.
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