Nature Communications (May 2020)

Lymphocyte predominant cells detect Moraxella catarrhalis-derived antigens in nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma

  • Lorenz Thurner,
  • Sylvia Hartmann,
  • Natalie Fadle,
  • Evi Regitz,
  • Maria Kemele,
  • Yoo-Jin Kim,
  • Rainer Maria Bohle,
  • Anna Nimmesgern,
  • Lutz von Müller,
  • Volkhard A. J. Kempf,
  • Marc A. Weniger,
  • Frank Neumann,
  • Nadine Schneider,
  • Martine Vornanen,
  • Christer Sundström,
  • Laurence de Leval,
  • Andreas Engert,
  • Dennis A. Eichenauer,
  • Ralf Küppers,
  • Klaus-Dieter Preuss,
  • Martin-Leo Hansmann,
  • Michael Pfreundschuh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16375-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin lymphoma with IgD+ lymphocyte-predominant (LP) cells is a rare clinical distinct lymphoma subset of B-cell origin. Here the authors show that antigens expressed by Moraxella catarrhalis are recognized by B cell receptors of IgD+ LP cells, suggesting the contribution of chronic antigen stimulation to lymphomagenesis.