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High incidence of serum monoclonal Igs detected by a sensitive immunoblotting technique in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Beaume, A. Brizard, A. Dreyfus, B. Preud'homme, Jl |
| Copyright Year | 1994 |
| Description | In a prospective study in 65 untreated patients with early-stage B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL), serum monoclonal Igs (moIg) were evidenced in 80% of cases by a sensitive immunoblotting procedure. These low-abundance moIg were generally undetectable by immunoelectrophoresis and individual sera often contained several of them. Their kappa/lambda ratio was close to 1 instead of 2.8 for the lymphocyte surface Igs. A monoclonal IgM of the same light-chain type as the lymphocyte surface IgM was found in 26 sera only. The distribution of the heavy-chain classes and subclasses and light-chain types of the serum moIg was similar to those observed in aging (with a higher incidence and no correlation with age in B-CLL) and conditions with defective T-cell functions. Using a specific filter affinity- transfer assay, rheumatoid factors were detected in 58.5% of sera. However, homogeneous anti-IgG antibodies corresponding to a monoclonal IgM of the same light-chain type as the surface IgM were found in 10 patients only. These data suggest that the majority of discrete serum moIg in B-CLL are not secretion products of the leukemic clones and likely result from the immunodeficiency state inherent in the disease. |
| Related Links | https://ashpublications.org/blood/article-pdf/84/4/1216/230943/1216.pdf |
| Ending Page | 1219 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| Starting Page | 1216 |
| DOI | 10.1182/blood.v84.4.1216.bloodjournal8441216 |
| Journal | Blood |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Volume Number | 84 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society of Hematology |
| Publisher Date | 1994-08-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Medical Laboratory Technology Antibodies Immunoblotting Functions Leukemia Lymphocytic Serum Monoclonal Lymphocyte Cll Moig Journal: Blood (Vol- 77, Issue- 4) |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |