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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-3-27
pubmed:abstractText
We describe the first case of T-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia (T-PLL) in which the peripheral blood cells contained a human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) related tax sequence. Serum screening tests for anti-HTLV-I/II antibodies were negative. Polymerase chain reaction disclosed the presence of an HTLV-I tax sequence in the peripheral blood. Other sets of oligonucleotide primers for HTLV-I gag, pol, env and the long terminal repeat regions and for the HTLV-II pol region were negative in the DNA of the cells. Although patients with T-PLL have been reported to be seronegative for HTLV-I, our findings point to the possibility that HTLV-I infection might be involved in the aetiology of at least some cases of T-PLL and that there may be alternative mechanisms involved in HTLV-associated leukaemogenesis.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0007-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
567-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Deleted HTLV provirus in peripheral blood cells of a patient with T-cell prolymphocytic leukaemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Haematology, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports