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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-5-7
pubmed:abstractText
Peripheral mononuclear cells (MNC) collected from 12 healthy donors and 44 leukemic patients at various stages of the disease were tested for natural killer (NK) activity and for their susceptibility to HTLV-I infection in vitro, measured in terms of percentage of p19 positive cells. MNC from leukemic donors at any stage of leukemia (ie, onset or relapse, ON/REL; complete remission or off-therapy, CR/OT donors) were highly susceptible to HTLV-I infection. This was true for acute leukemias of lymphoblastic (ALL) or nonlymphoblastic (ANLL) type. MNC of ON/REL patients were more susceptible to HTLV-I than those of CR/OT donors. In addition, leukemic blasts were more rapidly infected (ie, within five to seven days) than the HTLV-I-susceptible normal cord-blood lymphocytes. However, the presence of circulating blasts was not essential to virus susceptibility, since CR/OT MNC, presumably free of leukemic blasts, were still more susceptible to HTLV-I than normal cells. Basal NK function of MNC from leukemic patients was significantly lower than that detectable in healthy controls. However, no correlation was found between susceptibility to HTLV-I infection and NK activity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1175-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Antigens, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Antigens, Surface, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Child, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Deltaretrovirus, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Deltaretrovirus Infections, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Leukemia, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Male, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2881587-T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Increased susceptibility of peripheral mononuclear cells of leukemic patients to HTLV-I infection in vitro.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't