The resulting Blimp-1 insufficiency is highlighted by the observation that Blimp-1 P84R and Y185D mutants, unlike WT Blimp-1, do not induce the plasma cell differentiation of BJAB cells (another subtype of DLBCL cells, namely the GCB-like DLBCL cells in which malignant B cells are differentiationally arrested at the germinal center stage) by suppressing the expression of Blimp-1 target genes. The gene discussed is PRDM1; the disease is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.