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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
To distinguish reactive versus neoplastic monocytoid B-cell (MBC) proliferations, the clonality of MBC was examined in paraffin-embedded tissues by in situ hybridization (ISH) of immunoglobulin (Ig) light chain messenger RNA (mRNA) with sensitive oligonucleotide probes in 26 cases. They included 13 cases of lymphadenitis with MBC reaction and 13 cases of nodal (n = 8) and extranodal (n = 5) monocytoid B-cell lymphoma (MBCL). Two cases represented a composite lymphoma showing a centroblastic-centrocytic and MBCL component. The clonality of MBC infiltrates could be demonstrated in 16 of 26 (61.5%) cases by immunostaining for Ig light chains and in all (100%) cases by ISH. Neoplastic MBC usually expressed a faint-to-moderate light chain restriction of mRNA, whereas some MBC (10% to 30% of total MBCL population) showed a strong positivity irrespective of plasmacytoid differentiation as indicated by Ig immunostaining (present in 9 of 13 cases). Reactive MBC expressed a faint kappa and lambda light-chain mRNA positivity. Five percent to 20% of total reactive MBC showed also a strong positivity for both Ig light chain mRNA, although only a minor part of these cells (7 of 13 cases) expressed polyclonal Ig by immunohistochemistry. These results indicate that (1) both reactive and neoplastic MBC can differentiate into plasma cells; and (2) a relatively high percentage of reactive and neoplastic MBC show a detectable mRNA transcription, but not a corresponding Ig synthesis. Either the Ig detection is not sensitive enough or these cells might be in an early differentiation phase, where the Ig production has not yet started.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0002-9173
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
103
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
330-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Child, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Immunoenzyme Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Immunoglobulin Light Chains, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Lymphadenitis, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Lymphoma, B-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-Plasma Cells, pubmed-meshheading:7872256-RNA, Messenger
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Reactive versus neoplastic monocytoid B-cell proliferations. In situ hybridization study of immunoglobulin light chain mRNA.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Komensky University, Medical Faculty, Martin, Slovakia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't