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. 2016 Dec 31;109(2):djw248. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djw248

Table 2.

Peripheral T-cell lymphoma biomarkers*

Recommendations Standard of care Integral Integrated Exploratory Validated Identifies high-/low-risk groups Identifies therapeutic target
Histopathology
 Complete immunophenotypic  panel by flow cytometry and/or immunohistochemistry for CD3, CD4, CD8, CD30, etc. Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
 Disease-specific phenotype:  ALK, CD2, CD5, CD7, CD56, EBV (EBER ISH), PD1, granzyme, perforin, TIA1, BetaF1, TCR-GM1 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Molecular/genetic
 Targeted mutational panel  for known PTCL mutations (eg, TET2, IDH2, DNMT3A, FYN, RHOA, CD28, Stat5b in gamma-delta subtype) No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
 GEP for diagnostic signatures  (GATA3, TBX1, gamma-delta) No No No Yes No Yes Maybe
*

ALK = anaplastic lymphoma kinase; Beta F1 = T-cell beta chain antigen receptor; CD = complement of differentiation; DNMT3A = DNA (cytosine-5-)-methyltransferase 3 alpha; EBER ISH = Epstein Barr virus in situ hybridization; EBV = Epstein Barr virus; FYN = tyrosine kinase Fyn; GATA3 = T-cell-specific transcription factor binds to the sequence G-A-T-A; GEP = gene expression profiling; IDH2 = isocitrate dehydrogenase gene; PD1 = programmed death 1; RHOA = Ras homolog gene family, member A, a GTPase protein of the Rho family; Stat5b = signal transducer and activator of transcription 5B; TBX1 = T box 1 gene; TCR-GM1 = T-cell receptor glycosphingolipid; TET2 = Tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 2 gene; TIA1 = T-cell intracytoplasmic antigen.