Yamamoto et al. further found that the CXCR3 expression in tumor cells of gastric MALT lymphoma is closely associated with the HP-negative infection, advanced-stage disease, and Baculovirus IAP repeat-containing 2 (API2)-MALT1 fusion proteins of the chromosome translation of t(11;18)(q21;q21), indicating that CXCR3 is not associated with the HP-dependent lymphomagenesis of gastric MALT lymphoma [53]. This evidence concerns the gene BIRC3 and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma.