Glucocorticoids have been used widely in the treatment of leukemia; however, response has been variable. Glucocorticoid receptors have been implicated as the molecular basis of response to this hormonal therapy. Glucocorticoid receptor levels have been found to extend over a wide range in normal hum
Lymphocyte membrane receptors in human lymphoid leukemias
✍ Scribed by M. Ferrarini; G. P. Tonda; Angela Risso; Giovanna Viale
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 542 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-2980
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Membrane‐bound immunoglobulins, receptors for the Fc fragment of IgG and receptors for the third component of human or murine complement were used as B cell membrane markers to study eripheral blood lymphocytes from twentytwo patients with chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL), five patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and one patient with Sézary syndrome. The capacity of human T cells of forming „spontaneous rosettes”︁ with sheep erythrocytes was employed as T cell membrane marker.
In nineteen out of twenty‐seven CLL or ALL cases tested a larger percentage of cells than that found in normal individuals expressed at least one of the three B cell membrane markers studied. In the patient with Sézary syndrome the percentage of cells forming „spontaneous rosettes”︁ with sheep erythrocytes was larger than the normal, while cells bearing B cells markers were below the normal values.
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