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Case · SR-LSA-001 · published

Multicentric B-cell lymphoma — the pre-CHOP baseline that lets us watch evolution.

A 6-year-old Golden Retriever presented with bilateral submandibular lymph-node enlargement and was diagnosed by FNA + flow cytometry as multicentric B-cell lymphoma (CD21+, intermediate-large). We ran a pre-treatment lymph-node biopsy through DarkScan V2 + Sci-JEPA to establish a baseline immune-relevant ranking before CHOP induction.

Patient (de-identified)

Species
Canis familiaris
Breed
Golden Retriever
Age
6 years
Sex
FS
Weight
29.8 kg
Clinical stage
IIIa (multicentric)
Histology
DLBCL-like, intermediate-large
Immunophenotype
B-cell (CD21+, CD3-)
Prior treatment
None (treatment-naive)
Sample type
FNA pellet + LN biopsy
Partner site
Anonymized vet school
Sequenced
WES + RNA + flow

The findings, in plain language

BCL6 and MYC mutations dominate the immune-relevant signal.

The top neoantigen, FNLPETVTL, arose from a BCL6 mutation in the lymphoma cells (DLA-88 IC50 31 nM). Three of the top five rankings came from BCL6 and MYC variants — consistent with the canine DLBCL-like biology described in the comparative oncology literature.

Sci-JEPA cross-referenced the canine ranking against the consensus human DLBCL neoantigen catalog and flagged structural homology between our top epitope and a published human DLBCL neoantigen variant. This is one of the use cases the atlas is designed for: helping a comparative oncologist quickly see where the canine signal aligns with the human field.

Why a pre-CHOP baseline matters: when this dog inevitably enters remission and then (statistically) relapses, we’ll be able to sequence the relapsed sample, re-rank, and compare. That delta is scientifically the most interesting moment — and impossible to study without the pre-treatment baseline we ran here.

Top ranked epitopes (SR-LSA-001 pre-CHOP)

RankSequenceSourceDLA IC50 (nM)RNA TPMHuman analog
1FNLPETVTLBCL6 mutation3184DLBCL (homolog)
2KLPGDEFKAMYC rearrangement47118Burkitt-like
3RTFRSPVVTBCL6 mutation5576DLBCL (homolog)
4QEMRYNPALMYC rearrangement62104Burkitt-like
5HTSFEYGNEEZH2 mutation7039DLBCL (homolog)

Full 10-epitope ranking, alignment provenance, and source-variant VCFs available in the clinical report on request.

Provenance

Pipeline version
darkscan-v2.3
Sci-JEPA version
sci-jepa-v1.0
DLA scoring
canine-dla-v0.4
Compute cost
$9.02
Turnaround
5h 48m
Ledger hash
sha256:7e2b…f31a

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