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Surface immunoglobulin pattern of the leukaemic cell population in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) in relation to disease activity
Author(s) -
Kimby E.,
Mellstedt H.,
Björkholm M.,
Holm G.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
hematological oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-1069
pISSN - 0278-0232
DOI - 10.1002/hon.2900030405
Subject(s) - chronic lymphocytic leukemia , surface immunoglobulin , immunology , antibody , medicine , population , disease , leukemia , b cell , pathology , environmental health
The surface membrane immunoglobulin (smIg) isotype pattern of the leukemic lymphocytes was studied in 66 unselected patients with CLL. Five distinct patient groups were identified according to the dominant heavy chain isotype(s); I: smμ + ( n = 22), II: smμ + /smδ + ( n = 25), III: smδ + ( n = 4), IV: smγ + ( n = 5), V: no detectable heavy chains ( n = 10). The majority of group I patients had a progressive disease at test while all patients in group II were in a non‐progressive state. Moreover, the smIg pattern changed with the clinical activity of the disease: when the disease progressed, the relative number of smμ + cells increased and when patients entered an indolent stage after treatment the smμ + cell population decreased. In patients with stationary disease the smIg pattern remained essentially unchanged or the relative number of smδ + cells increased. These observations might suggest that the smIg isotype pattern of the leukemic cell population reflects the biological behaviour and the clinical activity of the disease.