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3460728

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
The object of this study was to develop a flow-cytometric procedure for measuring terminal transferase (TdT) in leukemic cells by indirect immunofluorescence. We demonstrated the presence of TdT in an average of approximately 80% of the cells from 12 patients with ALL, one with CML in lymphoid blast crisis, and one with T-lymphoblastic leukemia. These results compared favorably to a separate slide test for TdT using an immunofluorescent or immunoperoxidase method. In the 21 patients with nonlymphocytic leukemias and in six normal donors we studied, less than a mean of 3% of the cells were TdT+. In 11 of 12 patients with ALL, the TdT+ cells also carried the HLA-DR antigen and in 8 of 12 cases of ALL the TdT+ cells also expressed the CALLA antigen. We concluded that the flow-cytometric method facilitates the measurement of TdT and may significantly increase the ability to diagnose residual and recurrent ALL leukemias.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0735-3111
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
165-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Terminal transferase in leukemias by flow cytometry.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't