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6984114

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
The functional capacity of T lymphocytes from 28 cases of chronic T-cell leukaemia--T-CLL, T-PLL, T-LCL and Sézary syndrome--was evaluated in a T-colony forming system and in a PHA response assay. Reduced or absent T-colony growth was observed in 23 cases (82%) while in five the growth was normal. Although a good correlation was generally observed between colony formation and PHA transformation, in a few cases a low PHA response was accompanied by moderate colony growth and vice versa. Characterization of the leukaemic T lymphocytes using monoclonal antibodies (OKT series) indicates that cases with a helper/inducer phenotype (OKT4+) showed moderately reduced or near-normal T-colony numbers, whilst cases with a suppressor/cytotoxic phenotype (OKT8+)--confined to T-CLL in this study--had a very low or absent colony growth. The functional abnormalities reported here suggest that neoplastic T-cells with a helper/inducer phenotype show a low proliferative response in the assay systems used, although expressing mature T-cell characteristics. The low growth observed in T-CLL confirms that cells with a suppressor/cytotoxic phenotype form few T-cell colonies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0145-2126
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
809-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic T-cell leukaemias. III. T-colonies, PHA response and correlation with membrane phenotype.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't