PDLIM7 and B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Although preliminary reports had proposed that CLL B cells are rather resistant to the transforming actions of the virus 36, LMP1 has been previously detected in B cells from patients with CLL 28, 29, 37, but the role of the virus in the pathogenesis of the disease has not yet been clarified, although its presence has been related to a more aggressive course and to Richter's transformation 38, 39, 40.