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Anke van den Berg
prof. dr.

I work as a clinical molecular biologist in the department of Pathology. In this function I supervise and implement advanced molecular diagnostic techniques. Within my research line, I focus on the molecular pathogenesis of B-cell Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The specific fields of interest are genomic aberrations, genetic susceptibility, and the role of small and long noncoding RNAs. I have several international collaborations and am PI and co-PI in various projects.

ZDHHC11 and ZDHHC11B are critical novel components of the oncogenic MYC-miR-150-MYB network in Burkitt lymphoma
Published in: Leukemia
A Dzikiewicz-Krawczyk, K Kok, I Slezak-Prochazka, J-L Robertus, J Bruining, M M Tayari, B Rutgers, D de Jong, J Koerts, A Seitz, Jun Li, B Tillema, J. Guikema, I M Nolte, A Diepstra, Lydia Visser, J Kluiver, A. van den Berg
Lymphadenopathy driven by TCR-Vγ8Vδ1 T-cell expansion in FAS-related autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome
Published in: Blood
FAS-dependent apoptosis in Vδ1 T cells makes the latter possible culprits for the lymphadenopathy observed in patients with FAS mutations.Rapamycin and methylprednisolone resistance should prompt clinicians to look for Vδ1 T cell proliferation in ALPS-FAS patients.
Stefano Vavassori, Jacob D Galson, Johannes Trück, Anke van den Berg, Rienk Y J Tamminga, Aude Magerus-Chatinet, Olivier Pellé, Ulrike Camenisch Gross, Ewerton Marques Maggio, Seraina Prader, Lennart Opitz, Ursina Nüesch, Andrea Mauracher, Benjamin Volkmer, Oliver Speer, Luzia Suda, Benno Röthlisberger, Dieter Robert Zimmermann, Rouven Müller, Arjan DiepstraLydia Visser, Eugenia Haralambieva, Bénédicte Neven, Frédéric Rieux-Laucat, Jana Pachlopnik Schmid
miR-24-3p Is Overexpressed in Hodgkin Lymphoma and Protects Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg Cells from Apoptosis
Published in: The American Journal of Pathology
miRNAs play important roles in biological processes, such as proliferation, metabolism, differentiation, and apoptosis, whereas altered expression levels contribute to diseases, such as cancers. We identified miRNAs with aberrant expression in Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and investigated their role in pathogenesis. Small RNA sequencing revealed 84 significantly differentially expressed miRNAs in HL cell lines as compared to germinal center B cells. Three up-regulated miRNAs-miR-23a-3p, miR-24-3p, and miR-27a-3p-were derived from one primary miRNA transcript. Loss-of-function analyses for these miRNAs and their seed family members resulted in decreased growth on miR-24-3p...
Ye Yuan, Joost Kluiver, Jasper Koerts, Debora de Jong, Bea Rutgers, F. Reeny Abdul Razak, Martijn Terpstra, Boudewijn Plaat, Ilja M Nolte, Arjan Diepstra, Lydia Visser, Klaas Kok, Anke van den Berg
Lymphadenopathy driven by TCR-V gamma 8V delta 1 T-cell expansion in FAS-related autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome
S. Vavassori, J. Galson, J. Trueck, A. Van den Berg, R. Y. T. Tamminga, A. Magerus-Chatinet, O. Pelle, Gross U. Camenisch, E. Marques-Maggio, S. Prader, U. Nueesch, A. Mauracher, B. Volkmer, O. Speer, L. Suda, B. Roethlisberger, D. R. Zimmermann, R. Mueller, A. Diepstra, L. VisserE. Haralambieva, B. Neven, F. Rieux-Laucat, Schmid J. Pachlopnik
HLA expression and HLA type associations in relation to EBV status in Hispanic Hodgkin lymphoma patients
Published in: PLoS ONE
A proportion of classical Hodgkin lymphomas harbor the Epstein Barr virus (EBV). We previously demonstrated that associations between Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) alleles and susceptibility to EBV+ classical Hodgkin lymphoma differ between European and Chinese populations. Data on Hispanic populations is missing. Here we examined the association between HLA type, tumor cell HLA expression and other characteristics in Hispanic Hodgkin lymphoma patients. Hispanic Hodgkin lymphoma patients diagnosed at the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center from 2000-2012 were included (n = 65). Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor tissue...
Luke B. Fletcher, Rianne N. Veenstra, Eric Y. Loo, Amie E. Hwang, Imran N. Siddiqi, Lydia Visser, Bouke G. Hepkema, Ilja M. Nolte, Anke van den Berg, Wendy Cozen, Arjan Diepstra