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Review

New Insights into Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Pathobiology

by
Antonio Giovanni Solimando
1,2,*,
Tiziana Annese
3,
Roberto Tamma
3,
Giuseppe Ingravallo
4,
Eugenio Maiorano
4,
Angelo Vacca
1,
Giorgina Specchia
5 and
Domenico Ribatti
3,*
1
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Section of Internal Medicine ‘G. Baccelli’, University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy
2
Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico-IRCCS Istituto Tumori “Giovanni Paolo II” of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy
3
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences, and Sensory Organs, University of Bari Medical School, 70124 Bari, Italy
4
Department of Emergency and Transplantation, Pathology Section, University of Bari Medical School, 70100 Bari, Italy
5
Department of Emergency and Transplantation, Hematology Section, University of Bari Medical School, 70100 Bari, Italy
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Cancers 2020, 12(7), 1869; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12071869
Submission received: 16 June 2020 / Revised: 7 July 2020 / Accepted: 8 July 2020 / Published: 11 July 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Angiogenesis in Cancers)
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Abstract

Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), accounting for about 40% of all cases of NHL. Analysis of the tumor microenvironment is an important aspect of the assessment of the progression of DLBCL. In this review article, we analyzed the role of different cellular components of the tumor microenvironment, including mast cells, macrophages, and lymphocytes, in the tumor progression of DLBCL. We examined several approaches to confront the available pieces of evidence, whereby three key points emerged. DLBCL is a disease of malignant B cells spreading and accumulating both at nodal and at extranodal sites. In patients with both nodal and extranodal lesions, the subsequent induction of a cancer-friendly environment appears pivotal. The DLBCL cell interaction with mature stromal cells and vessels confers tumor protection and inhibition of immune response while delivering nutrients and oxygen supply. Single cells may also reside and survive in protected niches in the nodal and extranodal sites as a source for residual disease and relapse. This review aims to molecularly and functionally recapitulate the DLBCL–milieu crosstalk, to relate niche and pathological angiogenic constitution and interaction factors to DLBCL progression.
Keywords: DLBCL; tumor microenvironment; angiogenesis; cell adhesion mediated drug resistance; tumor progression DLBCL; tumor microenvironment; angiogenesis; cell adhesion mediated drug resistance; tumor progression

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Solimando, A.G.; Annese, T.; Tamma, R.; Ingravallo, G.; Maiorano, E.; Vacca, A.; Specchia, G.; Ribatti, D. New Insights into Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Pathobiology. Cancers 2020, 12, 1869. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12071869

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Solimando AG, Annese T, Tamma R, Ingravallo G, Maiorano E, Vacca A, Specchia G, Ribatti D. New Insights into Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Pathobiology. Cancers. 2020; 12(7):1869. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12071869

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Solimando, Antonio Giovanni, Tiziana Annese, Roberto Tamma, Giuseppe Ingravallo, Eugenio Maiorano, Angelo Vacca, Giorgina Specchia, and Domenico Ribatti. 2020. "New Insights into Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Pathobiology" Cancers 12, no. 7: 1869. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12071869

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Solimando, A. G., Annese, T., Tamma, R., Ingravallo, G., Maiorano, E., Vacca, A., Specchia, G., & Ribatti, D. (2020). New Insights into Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Pathobiology. Cancers, 12(7), 1869. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12071869

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