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Zenibayashi M, Saigo K, Chayahara N, Sakamoto Y, Inujima K, Imamura Y, Takada M, Kawano S, Tatsumi E, Kumagai S. Gamma/delta T-cell receptor type granular lymphocyte proliferative disorder associated with rheumatoid arthritis. J Int Med Res 2005; 33:583-9. [PMID: 16222892 DOI: 10.1177/147323000503300514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We present here a case report of a 69-year-old female patient with T granular lymphocyte proliferative disorder (T-GLPD) expressing the gamma/delta T-cell receptor. The patient had been treated for rheumatoid arthritis for 25 years, and presented with mild anaemia. Cell-surface marker analysis was carried out using flow cytometry and natural killer function was determined using a chromium release assay. The case report is followed by a summary of the 21 other gamma/delta T-GLPD cases reported in the literature and a comparison of their clinical characteristics with those of T-GLPD cases expressing the alpha/beta T-cell receptor. The clinical symptoms and the frequency of association with rheumatoid arthritis are similar in gamma/delta and alpha/beta T-GLPD, but a prevalence of the CD8- cell-surface marker and enhanced natural killer function appear to be characteristics of gamma/delta T-GLPD.
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- M Zenibayashi
- Department of Medicine, Kakogawa Prefectural Hospital, Kakogawa, Hyogo, Japan
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Shichishima T, Kawaguchi M, Ono N, Oshimi K, Nakamura N, Maruyama Y. Gammadelta T-cell large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia with spontaneous remission. Am J Hematol 2004; 75:168-72. [PMID: 14978699 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.10480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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T-cell large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia is a clonal disorder with an indolent clinical course. In July 1995, a 46-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital because his anemia had progressed. He had a white blood cell count of 3.9 x 10(9)/L with 75% lymphocytes, which were intermediate to large and had almost round nuclei and azurophilic granules, and anemia with a red blood cell count (RBC) of 2.69 x 10(12)/L, hemoglobin (Hb) of 9.5 g/dL, and hematocrit (Hct) of 28.3%. Electron microscopic examination showed that most of the lymphocytes had a parallel tubular array and dense core granules in their cytoplasm. Flow cytometry and Southern blotting of the T-cell antigen receptor (TCR) genes using the peripheral blood species showed monoclonal proliferation of LGLs with a CD3+, TCRgammadelta+, CD4-, CD8-, CD16+, CD56-, CD57-, HLA-DR+ phenotype, and a TCR gamma gene rearrangement, respectively, suggesting that the patient was diagnosed as having gammadelta T-cell LGL leukemia. He had no symptoms, organomegaly, or skin lesions. About 1.5 years after diagnosis, the anemia gradually improved with disappearance and appearance of a rearranged band in the TCR-gamma gene and TCR-beta gene, respectively. About 7 years after diagnosis, the anemia improved completely with a RBC of 5.01 x 10(12)/L, Hb of 14.8 g/dL, and Hct of 44.3%, and he was in complete remission without TCR-beta and -gamma gene rearrangements. He had received no therapy. This is the first report of spontaneous remission of gammadelta T-cell LGL leukemia.
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- Tsutomu Shichishima
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan.
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Makishima H, Ishida F, Saito H, Ichikawa N, Ozaki Y, Ito S, Ota M, Katsuyama Y, Kiyosawa K. Lymphoproliferative disease of granular lymphocytes with T-cell receptor gamma delta-positive phenotype: restricted usage of T-cell receptor gamma and delta subunit genes. Eur J Haematol 2003; 70:212-8. [PMID: 12656743 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2003.00039.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Lymphoproliferative disease of granular lymphocytes (LDGL) is characterized by more than 0.5 x 109/L of proliferating granular lymphocytes in the peripheral blood. Because of its rarity, the characteristics of LDGL with T-cell receptor (TCR) gammadelta phenotype (gammadeltaT-LDGL) have not yet been identified. This report describes the clinical, hematological, and immunological findings of four patients with this disease. In two cases, the clinical course was indolent and the other two patients required various therapies. The cells had a common immunophenotype: CD3+, CD4-, CD16+, CD56-, CD57-, CD122-, TCR-gammadelta+, and three were CD8-positive. The immunopurified TCR-gammadelta cells from the patients expressed only Vgamma9 and Vdelta1. Spectratyping and sequencing showed mono- or oligoclonality for TCRgamma and TCRdelta subunit genes. Soluble Fas ligand in sera was significantly elevated in all patients. These findings suggest that gammadeltaT-LDGL qualifies as a distinct disease entity.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6/ultrastructure
- Clone Cells/pathology
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Fas Ligand Protein
- Female
- Gene Rearrangement, delta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Karyotyping
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/blood
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/blood
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/genetics
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/pathology
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins/blood
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/pathology
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Affiliation(s)
- Hideki Makishima
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Riley RS, Massey D, Jackson-Cook C, Idowu M, Romagnoli G. Immunophenotypic analysis of acute lymphocytic leukemia. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2002; 16:245-99, v. [PMID: 12094473 DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8588(02)00004-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is one of the most common hematologic malignancies. Flow cytometry is an integral part of ALL diagnosis and also provides significant patient prognostic information. This article is a practical review of the basic principles of the flow cytometric evaluation of acute leukemias, the interpretation of flow cytometric data, and the management of practical problems such as aberrant antigen, hematogones, bone marrow regeneration, and minimal residual disease.
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- Roger S Riley
- Department of Pathology, Medical College of Virginia, Hospitals of Virginia Commonwealth University, 403 North 13th Street, Richmond, VA 23298-0250, USA.
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Saito T, Togitani K, Murakami J, Watanabe T, Tanosaki R, Kobayashi Y, Matsuno Y, Tobinai K. Granular lymphocytic leukemia derived from gamma delta T-cell expressing cytotoxic molecules. Leuk Res 2001; 25:259-61. [PMID: 11226523 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-2126(00)00115-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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We here present an extremely rare case of granular lymphocytic leukemia derived from gamma delta T-cell (gamma delta T-GLL). The blood picture at diagnosis was as follows; white cell count 25.7 x 10(9)/l containing 94% atypical lymphocytes with cytoplasmic granules, hemoglobin 11.8 g/dl and platelet count 124 x 10(9)/l. The atypical lymphocytes were positive for CD2, CD3, CD5, CD7, CD56 and TCR gamma delta, but negative for CD4, CD8, CD57, TCR alpha beta and B-cell antigens. The cytotoxic molecules, T-cell intracellular antigen-1 (TIA-1) and granzyme B, were positive by immunocytochemical analysis. Southern blot analysis showed rearrangement of T-cell receptor J gamma and C beta genes but germline configuration of the JH gene. Neither serum antibody against human T-cell leukemia virus type-I (HTLV-I) nor the integration of HTLV-I proviral DNA was detected. CT scan showed splenomegaly but no lymph node enlargement. A diagnosis of gamma delta T-GLL was made, and she has been followed up without any therapies for more than 4 years.
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MESH Headings
- Female
- Gene Rearrangement, delta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor
- Humans
- Leukemia, Lymphoid/genetics
- Leukemia, Lymphoid/pathology
- Leukemia, T-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, T-Cell/metabolism
- Leukemia, T-Cell/pathology
- Middle Aged
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/metabolism
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/pathology
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Affiliation(s)
- T Saito
- Hematology Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, 5-1-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
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gammadelta T-cells comprise an immunologically distinct lymphoid population, characterized by specific morphological, phenotypical and functional properties. Therefore it seems reasonable to speculate that neoplasms derived from this particular T-cell subset display distinct features. Indeed, the prototype gammadelta T-cell lymphoma, hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma constitutes a unique clinicopathological entitity which is intimately associated with a gammadelta T-cell phenotype. However, gammadelta T-cell lymphomas have also been described in other extranodal sites where, unlike reactive gammadelta T-cells and hepatosplenic gammadelta T-cell lymphomas, they display an important morphological heterogeneity. Moreover, these nonhepatosplenic gammadelta T-cell lymphomas are essentially not that different from their alphabeta T-cell receptor for antigen (TCR)-expressing counterparts and thus may be incorporated in the established T-cell lymphoma subclasses. However, subtle differences regarding their histopathological appearance as well as their biological behaviour indicate that further studies to determine the exact significance of TCR expression are required. Such inquiries may contribute to the general understanding of T-cell lymphomagenesis in general, which is still obscure.
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Ichikawa N, Kitano K, Ito T, Nakazawa T, Shimodaira S, Ishida F, Kiyosawa K. Abnormal proliferation of CD4- CD8+ gammadelta+ T cells with chromosome 6 anomaly: role of Fas ligand expression in spontaneous regression of the cells. Am J Hematol 1999; 60:305-8. [PMID: 10203105 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8652(199904)60:4<305::aid-ajh9>3.0.co;2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We report a case of granular lymphocyte proliferative disorder accompanied with hemolytic anemia and neutropenia. Phenotypes of the cells were T cell receptor gammadelta+ CD3+ CD4- CD8+ CD16+ CD56- CD57-. Southern blot analysis of T cell receptor beta and gamma chains demonstrated rearranged bands in both. Chromosomal analysis after IL-2 stimulation showed deletion of chromosome 6. Sorted gammadelta+ T cells showed an increase in Fas ligand expression compared with the levels in sorted alphabeta+ T cells. The expression of Fas ligand on these gammadelta+ T cells increased after IL-2 stimulation. The patient's anemia improved along with a decrease in granular lymphocyte count and disappearance of the abnormal karyotype without treatment. The expression of Fas ligand may be involved in spontaneous regression of granular lymphocyte proliferation with hemolytic anemia.
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MESH Headings
- Anemia, Hemolytic/genetics
- Blotting, Southern
- CD4 Antigens/analysis
- CD8 Antigens/analysis
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6
- Fas Ligand Protein
- Gene Deletion
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Interleukin-2/pharmacology
- Karyotyping
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/genetics
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/pathology
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Middle Aged
- Neutropenia/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/analysis
- Remission, Spontaneous
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/pathology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
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- N Ichikawa
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano-ken, Japan
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Falcão RP, Voltarelli JC, Simões BP, Pestana DN, Zago MA, Figueiredo MS. Malignant T gamma/delta lymphoproliferative disease with natural killer lytic activity. Am J Hematol 1992; 41:128-31. [PMID: 1329501 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.2830410211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A 17-year-old girl presented with a lymphoproliferative disease involving the bone marrow, peripheral blood, and liver associated with reactive hyperplasia of the spleen. Neoplastic cells were atypical medium-sized lymphoblasts with convoluted nuclei and nucleoli without features of large granular lymphocytes (LGL). The phenotype was CD3+ CD4- CD8-, TCR alpha/beta-, TCR gamma/delta+, delta TCS1-, and CD16+, and these cells exhibited spontaneous natural killer (NK) activity. DNA analysis showed rearrangement of the TCR gamma gene but not of TCR beta or of Ig mu genes. This unusual lymphoproliferative disease may represent the neoplastic expansion of a minor subset of normal T gamma/delta cells with NK activity.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- DNA/genetics
- Female
- Gene Rearrangement, gamma-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor/genetics
- Genes/genetics
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/pathology
- Killer Cells, Natural/ultrastructure
- Leukemia/genetics
- Leukemia/immunology
- Leukemia/pathology
- Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- Lymphocyte Subsets/pathology
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/genetics
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/immunology
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders/pathology
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/analysis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/genetics
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- R P Falcão
- Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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Richards SJ, Scott CS. Human NK cells in health and disease: clinical, functional, phenotypic and DNA genotypic characteristics. Leuk Lymphoma 1992; 7:377-99. [PMID: 1493440 DOI: 10.3109/10428199209049794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Natural killer (NK) cells are the subject of great current interest because of their possible (in vivo) role in tumour cell surveillance and killing, and because of the potential application of cytokine-modulated NK cells in cancer immunotherapy. In addition, clonal proliferations of NK-associated (NKa) cell populations represent a high proportion of chronic (non-B) lymphoid malignancies and abnormal (both clonal and non-clonal) NKa components are being increasingly reported in association with diverse clinical pictures such as autoimmune disease. This communication extensively reviews what is presently known regarding normal and leukaemic NKa phenotypic diversity, the mechanisms of NK-mediated cytolysis, the role of NK cells in malignancy, and the diagnostic and cellular aspects of malignant NKa proliferations.
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- S J Richards
- Yorkshire Leukaemia Diagnostic Unit, Department of Haematology, Cookridge Hospital, Leeds, England
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Sun T, Schulman P, Kolitz J, Susin M, Brody J, Koduru P, Muuse W, Hombal S, Teichberg S, Broome J. A study of lymphoma of large granular lymphocytes with modern modalities: report of two cases and review of the literature. Am J Hematol 1992; 40:135-45. [PMID: 1585911 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.2830400211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Two cases of lymphoma of large granular lymphocytes are reported. The first case expressed natural killer (NK) cell, some T-cell (CD 2, CD 5, CD 8), and HLA-DR antigens, but was negative for other T-cell (CD 3, CD 4, CD 7), T-cell receptor (TCR), B-cell, and myeloid antigens. Germline configuration was demonstrated for TCR, and immunoglobulin heavy and light chain genes. The second case expressed NK cell, some T-cell (CD 3, CD 7, CD 8), and TCR antigens, but was negative for other T-cell (CD 4, CD 5), B-cell, myeloid, and HLA-DR antigens. Rearrangement of TCR alpha and beta chains were detected. Thus, the findings of case 1 were consistent with true NK cell lineage and case 2 with NK-like T-cell lineage. Our report underscores the heterogeneity of this newly recognized lymphoma, which nevertheless carries a consistently poor prognosis and is probably more prevalent in the Asian population. This study also provides information concerning immunophenotypes of cellular infiltrates in internal organs and cytogenetic abnormalities in this lymphoma; neither has been reported frequently in the literature. The importance of detecting cytoplasmic granules in tissue imprints or electron micrographs for differentiating other T-cell lymphomas is emphasized, and the classification of large granular lymphoproliferative disorders is discussed.
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- T Sun
- Department of Laboratories, North Shore University Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, Manhasset 11030
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