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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
Large granular lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia is a clonal lymphoproliferative disorder of CTL associated with cytopenias resulting from an immune and cytokine attack on hemopoietic progenitor cells. Extreme clonality of CTL expansions seen in LGL leukemia makes it an ideal model to study the role of the T cell repertoire in other less-polarized immune-mediated disorders. Complementarity-determining region 3 (CDR3) of the TCR is a unique Ag-specific region that can serve as a molecular marker, or clonotype, of the disease-specific T cells. We studied the variable portion of the beta-chain spectrum in a cohort of LGL leukemia patients. The CDR3 sequences were determined for the immunodominant clones and used to design clonotype-specific primers. By direct and semi-nested amplification, clonotype amplicons were found to be shared by multiple patients and controls. Analysis of the generated sequences demonstrated that the original clonotypes are rarely encountered in normal control samples; however, high levels of homology were found in both controls and patients. Clonotypes derived from individual LGL patients can be used as tumor markers for the malignant clone. More generally, clonotypic analysis and comparison of the variable portion of the beta-chain CDR3-specific sequences from a large number of patients may lead to better subclassification of not only LGL but also other immune-mediated disorders.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
172
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1960-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Clone Cells, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Complementarity Determining Regions, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Immunosuppressive Agents, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Leukemia, Lymphoid, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Leukemia, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Leukopenia, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta, pubmed-meshheading:14734782-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular analysis of TCR clonotypes in LGL: a clonal model for polyclonal responses.
pubmed:affiliation
Experimental Hematology and Hematopoiesis Section, and Hematopathology Section, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't