PAX5 and primary central nervous system lymphoma: Other genes that are involved in PCNSL include CARD11, PRDM1, TBL1XR1, TNFAIP3, B2M, CDKN2A, KMT2D, TERT, KLHL14, ETV6, CD58, CIITA, etc. Somatic hypermutation (SHM) involved in PCNSL affects genes including IGHV4–34, BTG2, H1–4, KLHL14, MYC, PAX5, PIM1, RHOH, and SUSD2 [2,17,19,20,23].