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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-8-5
pubmed:abstractText
Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) is a potentially lethal genetic disorder of immune dysregulation that requires prompt and accurate diagnosis to initiate life-saving immunosuppressive therapy and to prepare for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In the present study, 85 patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis were screened for FHL3 by Western blotting using platelets and by natural killer cell lysosomal exocytosis assay. Six of these patients were diagnosed with FHL3. In the acute disease phase requiring platelet transfusion, it was difficult to diagnose FHL3 by Western blot analysis or by lysosomal exocytosis assay. In contrast, the newly established flow cytometric analysis of intraplatelet Munc13-4 protein expression revealed bimodal populations of normal and Munc13-4-deficient platelets. These findings indicate that flow cytometric detection of intraplatelet Munc13-4 protein is a sensitive and reliable method to rapidly screen for FHL3 with a very small amount of whole blood, even in the acute phase of the disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1528-0020
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
118
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1225-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Blood Platelets, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Child, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-K562 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Lymphohistiocytosis, Hemophagocytic, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:21653941-Young Adult
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Rapid diagnosis of FHL3 by flow cytometric detection of intraplatelet Munc13-4 protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies