S1PR2 deficiency in DLBCL: a FOXy connection.

Inactivating mutations in the sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptor 2 (S1PR2) promoter have been associated with the germinal center (GC) B-cell diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (GCB-DLBCL) subtype. In this issue of Blood, Flori et al have now identified S1PR2 as a tumor suppressor that is transcriptionally silenced by forkhead box protein 1 (FOXP1) in the aggressive, activated B-cell (ABC-DLBCL) subtype.