(A) 125 cases of randomly collected patient B cell lymphoma
samples from The Ohio State University Department of Pathology and US Biomax
Inc., along with 10 normal LNs, were stained with antibodies specific to
CDK4 (top panels), p-FOXO1-S329 (second panels), FOXO1 (third panels), or
RAG1 (bottom panels). Original magnification, ×400. (B)
For statistical analysis, the samples were graded on a scale of staining
scores from 1 (lowest) to 5 (maximum), based on signal intensity for CDK4,
p-FOXO1-S329, FOXO1, or RAG1. Approximately 90% of B cell lymphoma samples
(111 of 125) had low or nondetectable levels of CDK4 (stages 1 and 2), and
nearly 70% (87 of 125) of B cell lymphoma samples had low levels of
p-FOXO1-S329 (stages 1 and 2). Accordingly, approximately 70% of these
tumors (86 of 125) had elevated levels of total FOXO1 (stages 4 and 5), and
approximately 64% (80 of 125) had elevated levels of RAG1 (stages 4 and 5).
Among the lymphomas with elevated levels of FOXO1, more than 70% (61 of 86)
had elevated levels of RAG1.