| Literature DB >> 3934321 |
A Rambaldi, P G Pelicci, P Allavena, D M Knowles, S Rossini, R Bassan, T Barbui, R Dalla-Favera, A Mantovani.
Abstract
Twelve cases of T gamma LPD (lymphoproliferative disorders of Fc gamma receptor-bearing T cells) involving an expansion of large granular lymphocyte/natural killer (LGL/NK) cells were investigated for the expression of LGL/NK-associated markers and for T beta gene rearrangement. All the cases selected were classified as T gamma LPD on the basis of morphology, function, and phenotype of the circulating cells. 10 to 12 cases displayed clonal rearrangements of the T beta locus and expression of the T3 antigen, whereas the 2 remaining cases displayed the germline configuration of the T beta gene and no expression of the T3 antigen. T8, Mol, B73.1, and N901 antigens were variably expressed among both T beta+T3+ and T beta-T3- T gamma LPD cases. We suggest that individual T gamma LPD cases represent the clonal expansion of cells frozen at different stages of differentiation/activation within an individual hematopoietic LGL/NK lineage.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3934321 PMCID: PMC2187976 DOI: 10.1084/jem.162.6.2156
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Med ISSN: 0022-1007 Impact factor: 14.307