The best way to remember heaps of information is by association. This is a collection of stories/mnemonics/pictures created by medics to help remember majorly boring stuff.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
B-cell lymphoma genetic links
Genetics of lymphomas - translocations cause overexpression of the following genes which cause the disease:
myc - Burkitts + B & T-cell lymphomas
bcl2 = follicular B-cell lymphoma
bcl3 = chronic B-cell lymphoma
bcl6 = diffuse B-cell lymphoma
any other genes = acute T-cell lymphoma
So you can use this mirror image to remember the bcl genes:
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