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Altered Proportion of T μ and T γ ‐Cell Subpopulations in Patients with Hodgkin's Disease
Author(s) -
ROMAGNANI S.,
MAGGI E.,
BIAGIOTTI R.,
GIUDIZI M. G.,
AMADORI A.,
RICCI M.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.934
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1365-3083
pISSN - 0300-9475
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1978.tb00485.x
Subject(s) - peripheral blood , rosette formation , disease , immunology , rosette (schizont appearance) , peripheral , receptor , cell , medicine , t cell , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , immune system , biochemistry
The ability of peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with Hodgkin's disease (HD) to form rosettes with ox red blood cells (ORBC) sensitized by anti‐ORBC purified rabbit IgM and IgG was investigated. The mean percentage of cells capable of forming rosettes with ORBC coated with IgM (EA IgM ‐RFC) in the peripheral blood of either untreated or X‐ray‐treated patients with HD was significantly lower than that of normal individuals. In the same groups of patients with HD the mean percentage of T lymphocytes equipped with receptor for IgG (Tγ lymphocytes), evaluated by a mixed fluorescent rosette assay, was significantly higher than in normal controls. These data suggest that the altered proportion between Tμ‐ and Tγ‐cell subpopulations in patients with HD probably represents a disease‐related phenomenon.