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    IFITM3 shifts upon phosphorylation from acting as an antiviral effector to being a scaffold for PIP3 and thereby amplifies PI3K signalling, which can be co-opted for malignant transformation in B cell leukaemia and lymphoma.

    • Jaewoong Lee
    • , Mark E. Robinson
    •  & Markus Müschen
  • Letter |

    A pro-survival multiprotein signalling supercomplex consisting of the B cell receptor, MYD88, TLR9 and mTOR is discovered that coordinates NF-κB activation in diffuse large B cell lymphoma, and provides mechanistic insight into the efficacy of drug combinations.

    • James D. Phelan
    • , Ryan M. Young
    •  & Louis M. Staudt
  • Letter |

    Cellular senescence induced by chemotherapy leads to the acquisition of stemness in cancer cells, which results in enhanced tumour-promoting capacity after forced release or spontaneous escape from the senescent cell-cycle arrest.

    • Maja Milanovic
    • , Dorothy N. Y. Fan
    •  & Clemens A. Schmitt
  • Letter |

    Inactivation of the S1PR2–Gα13–ARHGEF1 signalling pathway in mice allows Akt activation and promotes dissemination of germinal centre B cells, consistent with a role of function-disrupting mutations in the systemic dissemination of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

    • Jagan R. Muppidi
    • , Roland Schmitz
    •  & Jason G. Cyster
  • Letter |

    Global transcriptional and epigenomic analyses in diverse cell types reveal that the primary action of Myc is to up- and downregulate transcription of distinct groups of genes, rather than to amplify transcription of all active genes; general RNA amplification, when observed, is better explained as an indirect consequence of Myc’s action on cellular physiology.

    • Arianna Sabò
    • , Theresia R. Kress
    •  & Bruno Amati
  • Letter |

    In mice with Eµ-myc transgenic lymphomas in which therapy-induced senescence (TIS) depends on the H3K9 histone methyltransferase Suv39h1, TIS-competent lymphomas but not TIS-incompetent Suv39h1 lymphomas show increased glucose utilization and ATP production after senescence-inducing chemotherapy to cope with proteotoxic stress elicited by factors of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP); senescent cancers are selectively vulnerable to drugs that block glucose utilization or autophagy.

    • Jan R. Dörr
    • , Yong Yu
    •  & Clemens A. Schmitt
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    In three different subtypes of B-cell lymphomas, two papers now report frequent somatic mutations in CREBBP and EP300, present in primary tumours or acquired at relapse. These genes encode related acetyltransferases that mainly function to regulate gene expression by acetylating histones and other transcriptional regulators. The mutations found inactivate these activities and thus alter chromatin regulation of gene expression, as well as proliferation and potentially the response to therapeutic drugs.

    • Laura Pasqualucci
    • , David Dominguez-Sola
    •  & Riccardo Dalla-Favera
  • Letter |

    This is one of two papers demonstrating that in several cancer types including ovarian cancer and T-cell leukaemias, the apoptosis regulator MCL1 is targeted for degradation by the FBW7 tumour suppressor. This study finds that this mechanism can determine the response to drugs targeting BCL2 family apoptosis factors. Deletion or mutation of FBW7 found in cancer patients therefore can render tumours resistant to these therapies.

    • Hiroyuki Inuzuka
    • , Shavali Shaik
    •  & Wenyi Wei
  • Letter |

    This study finds frequent mutations in MYD88 in the activated B-cell-like subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and, with lower frequency, in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas. MYD88 mediates signalling by Toll-like receptors, and the mutations, most of which affect the same amino acid, are shown to activate the pathway and promote cancer cell survival.

    • Vu N. Ngo
    • , Ryan M. Young
    •  & Louis M. Staudt
  • Letter |

    One model for cancer development posits that the proliferating cells in a tumour can become 'addicted' to activating mutations in an oncogene. With the realization that certain microRNAs promote tumorigenesis, it has been proposed that tumours may also become dependent on such 'oncomiRs'. Here, evidence is provided that the gene encoding microRNA-21 is an oncogene, and that in its absence, tumours undergo apoptosis and regress. Thus tumours can indeed become addicted to oncomiRs.

    • Pedro P. Medina
    • , Mona Nolde
    •  & Frank J. Slack
  • Letter |

    The role of B-cell-receptor (BCR) signalling in human B cell lymphomas has been a long-standing question, with genetic and functional evidence for its oncogenic role in human lymphomas lacking. Here, a form of 'chronic active' BCR signalling that is required for cell survival in the activated B-cell-like subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is described and analysed, with potential implications for future therapeutic strategies.

    • R. Eric Davis
    • , Vu N. Ngo
    •  & Louis M. Staudt