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Pizzi M, Binotto G, Rigoni Savioli G, Dei Tos AP, Orazi A. Of drills and bones: Giovanni Ghedini and the origin of bone marrow biopsy. Br J Haematol 2022; 198:943-952. [PMID: 35510703 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.18206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bone marrow (BM) studies are pivotal for the diagnosis of haematological disorders. Their introduction into clinical haematology dates back to the work of Giovanni Ghedini (1877-1959), an Italian physician who first conceived BM sampling in 1908. Ghedini's proposal stemmed from his clinical experience and from the scientific developments that characterised his epoch. By presenting selected passages of Ghedini's publications, this report considers the theoretical and historical bases of his work and analyses its practical implications for modern haematology.
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- Marco Pizzi
- Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Haematology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Central Medical Library 'Vincenzo Pinali' - Section of Ancient Books and Special Collections, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Surgical Pathology and Cytopathology Unit, Department of Medicine-DIMED, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA
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Letesson J, Coppe P, Lostrie-Trussart N, Depelchin A. A bovine ‘Ia-like’ antigen detected by a xenogeneic monoclonal antibody. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1983.tb01081.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Maurer D, Holter W, Majdic O, Fischer GF, Knapp W. CD27 expression by a distinct subpopulation of human B lymphocytes. Eur J Immunol 1990; 20:2679-84. [PMID: 1702722 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830201223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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CD27 is present on the surface of a major subset of peripheral blood T lymphocytes. In this report we show that CD27 is also expressed on a subpopulation of the normal human B cell lineage which is absent from cord blood but present in tonsils and in the peripheral blood of adult individuals. CD27+ B lymphocytes are characterized by the following criteria: (a) in terms of physical properties, the CD27+ B cells form a population with an increased cell size combined with a decreased cell density; (b) the CD27 expression of tonsillar B lymphocytes is postively correlated with mIgA but negatively correlated with membrane IgM/membrane IgD positivity; (c) CD27 on B cells can be induced selectively by the combination of Staphylococcus aureus plus interleukin 2, but not by either treatment alone, and (d) CD27+ B lymphocytes express high levels of the adhesion structures LFA-1 (CD11a), ICAM-1 (CD54), LFA-3 (CD58) and of the lymphocyte homing receptor CD44. These latter findings suggest that CD27+ B cells are predispose to form cell-cell interactions. Accordingly, within 3 h of cell culture CD27+, but not CD27-, B lymphocytes were found to form LFA-1-mediated homotypic B cell clusters.
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MESH Headings
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- CD5 Antigens
- Cell Adhesion Molecules/metabolism
- Cell Aggregation
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin D/metabolism
- In Vitro Techniques
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Palatine Tonsil/cytology
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 7
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- D Maurer
- Institute of Immunology, Vienna International Research Cooperation Center, Austria
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Clark EA, Ledbetter JA. Structure, function, and genetics of human B cell-associated surface molecules. Adv Cancer Res 1989; 52:81-149. [PMID: 2662716 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-230x(08)60211-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- E A Clark
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
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Jongstra J, Jongstra-Bilen J, Tidmarsh GF, Davis MM. The in vitro translation product of the murine lambda 5 gene contains a functional signal peptide. Mol Immunol 1988; 25:687-93. [PMID: 2460755 DOI: 10.1016/0161-5890(88)90104-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We have isolated and sequenced a novel lambda 1 constant region related cDNA clone which might represent an allelic variant of the recently described lambda 5 gene. This lambda 5 transcript is present in pre-B cell lines and bone marrow cells, but not in B cell lines, plasma cell lines or in spleen cells. In vitro translation studies show that the translation product contains a signal peptide of approx. 30 amino acids at its N-terminus.
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- J Jongstra
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305
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Sauerwein RW, van der Meer WG, Logtenberg T, Aarden LA. Analysis of T-cell-derived factors with the use of B-prolymphocytic leukemia cells. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1988; 46:1-13. [PMID: 3257174 DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(88)90001-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Mononuclear cells of five patients with B-prolymphocytic leukemia were tested for their functional capacities in vitro after stimulation. Leukemic B cells from these patients have a mature phenotypic marker profile and can be obtained in high numbers from peripheral blood. B cells of all five patients proliferated in response to phorbol myristate acetate. In one patient, this proliferation was strongly enhanced by the addition of T-cell-conditioned medium. Conditioned medium by itself or interleukin 2 in the presence or absence of the phorbol ester was not active. This enabled us to develop an assay for a B-cell growth factor different from interleukin 2. Next to their proliferative capacities, we found that malignant B cells of three of the five patients secreted large amounts of IgM when stimulated with pokeweed mitogen or interleukin 2 in the presence of allogeneic T cells. In the absence of these allogeneic cells, neither pokeweed mitogen nor interleukin 2 had any effect. However, T-cell-conditioned medium as well as the supernatants of two T-cell hybridomas induced strong IgM production in the absence of T cells. Thus, neoplastic B cells of some patients with B-prolymphocytic leukemia can be stimulated to proliferation and differentiation in vitro and can be used as an assay and model system to study the effect of T cells and/or T-cell factors in human B-cell activation.
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- R W Sauerwein
- Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam
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Kroese FG, Wubbena AS, Opstelten D, Deenen GJ, Schwander EH, De Leij L, Vos H, Poppema S, Volberda J, Nieuwenhuis P. B lymphocyte differentiation in the rat: production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to B lineage-associated antigens. Eur J Immunol 1987; 17:921-8. [PMID: 3301369 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830170705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Three mouse monoclonal antibodies (mAb) directed against rat B lineage antigens were produced. The mAb, designated HIS14 (IgG1), HIS22 (IgM) and HIS24 (IgG2b), were characterized for binding to lymphoid and nonlymphoid tissues by immunoperoxidase staining of frozen sections and by (double-) immunofluorescence staining of single cell suspensions from lymphoid organs. HIS14 recognized a pan B cell determinant: it reacted with virtually all cells of each anatomic B cell compartment and with about 95% of surface (s)Ig+ cells in thoracic duct lymph and in suspensions of spleen and lymph nodes. HIS22 and HIS24 detected B lineage-associated antigens expressed by major subpopulations of B cells. HIS22 predominantly stained the lymphocyte corona, but not (or weakly) the germinal centers and splenic marginal zones, whereas HIS24 reacted with both corona and germinal center and not (or weakly) with marginal zone. In accordance with this, substantial proportions of sIg+ cells in spleen cell suspensions did not express HIS22 or HIS24 determinants (20% and 27%, respectively). In bone marrow the vast majority of cytomplasmic mu+ pre-B cells were HIS14+ and HIS24+, and up to one third also HIS22+, indicating an appearance of the determinants early in B lymphocytopoiesis. The antigens recognized by HIS14, HIS22 and HIS24 are lost during the final stage of B cell differentiation: none of the mAb bound to plasma cells. As far as detectable, neither cells of myeloid and erythroid lineages in bone marrow nor thymocytes were stained by HIS14, HIS22, or HIS24. In suspensions of peripheral lymphoid organs (spleen and lymph nodes) but not in thoracic duct lymph, HIS14 and HIS24 labeled a small proportion (12% and 14%, respectively) of Ig- cells. HIS22 did not bind to Ig- peripheral lymphocytes. Reactivity of HIS14, HIS22 and HIS24 with nonlymphoid tissues was virtually absent; HIS22 stained the high endothelial venules in lymph nodes and Peyer's patches. As determined by immunoblotting, the antigenic determinants on lymph node cells recognized by HIS14, HIS22 and HIS24 were present on molecules with an apparent molecular mass of 205 kDa, 210 (and 175) kDa and 205 kDa, respectively, which is similar to the molecular mass of the B cell form of the rat leukocyte common antigen. In addition, the antigens recognized by HIS14, HIS22 and HIS24 co-capped with the leukocyte common antigen. This suggests that each of the three mAb recognize determinants present on the B cell form of the leukocyte common antigen.
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Urlacher A, Falkenrodt A, Tongio MM, Mayer S. HLA class I antigens on normal and leukemic cells (quantitative analysis). TISSUE ANTIGENS 1987; 29:237-45. [PMID: 2821653 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1987.tb01583.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A monomorphic anti-Class I monoclonal antibody, ST01, found in our laboratory, was used to quantify Class I antigens on normal and leukemic cells, using a "CELISA" technique. Saturation graphs were used to compare the quantity of Class I antigens on normal PBL (25 cases) with that on the following types of leukemic cells: a) common acute lymphoblastic leukemias (cALL) (11 cases), b) mature B lymphocytic proliferations (16 cases), c) T hemopathies (9 cases), d) non-lymphoid leukemias (9 cases). In most cases the quantity of HLA Class I antigens was greatly reduced. No correlation was found between the quantitative expression of Class I antigens and the stage of maturation in each cell type, nor was any correlation found between the quantitative expression of Class I antigens on the leukemic cells and the proliferation of leukemic cells in the peripheral blood.
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- A Urlacher
- Institut d'Hématologie, Centre de Transfusion Sanguine, Strasbourg, France
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Rijkers GT, Dollekamp EG, Zegers BJ. The in vitro B-cell response to pneumococcal polysaccharides in adults and neonates. Scand J Immunol 1987; 25:447-52. [PMID: 3495866 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1987.tb02215.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In order to gain insight into the relatively late appearance in ontogeny of responsiveness to T-cell independent (TI) antigens, the in vitro human B-cell response to type 4 pneumococcal polysaccharides (PS4, a human TI-2 antigen) was studied. B cells obtained from adults differentiate into anti-PS4 antibody forming cells upon culturing with PS4, but neonatal B cells obtained from cord blood fail to respond. The culture system used does, however, allow the differentiation of B cells reactive with TD antigens, for example ovalbumin. In order to evaluate the concept that in man the anti-PS4 response is derived from a particular B-cell subset we separated adult B cells on the basis of expression of the determinant recognized by the monoclonal antibody FMC7. The anti-PS4 response is found mainly, but not exclusively, in the FMC7+ subset. The selective unresponsiveness of neonatal B cells to TI-2 antigens is not, however, due to the absence of FMC7+ B cells because, unlike adult blood B cells of which about 50% are FMC7+, 100% of neonatal B cells are FMC7+.
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Jelinek DF, Lipsky PE. Regulation of human B lymphocyte activation, proliferation, and differentiation. Adv Immunol 1987; 40:1-59. [PMID: 3109220 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2776(08)60237-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Clark EA, Ledbetter JA, Holly RC, Dinndorf PA, Shu G. Polypeptides on human B lymphocytes associated with cell activation. Hum Immunol 1986; 16:100-13. [PMID: 2940206 DOI: 10.1016/0198-8859(86)90039-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Two monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs), designated BB-1 and LB-2, react with distinct polypeptides expressed on activated human B cells. The BB-1 MoAb reacted with a 37,000-dalton polypeptide (Bp37) restricted to pre-B and B-cell blasts and B-cell malignancies. The LB-2 MoAb reacted with a 76,000-dalton polypeptide (p76) found on resting B cells but at higher levels on activated B cells and T cells. Buoyant tonsillar lymphoid cells with a germinal center phenotype express higher levels of Bp37 and p76 than do dense B cells of the mantle zone. Furthermore, the expression of Bp37 and p76 on tonsillar B-cell subsets was distinct from other B-cell antigens such as Bp39, Bp95, Bp135, the C3d receptor and surface IgM. Based on biochemical, cross-blocking, and tissue distribution analyses, these antigens appear to be distinct from previously described B cell and B-cell-blast markers.
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Hagemeijer A, Bolhuis RL, van Dongen JJ, Sizoo W. Simultaneous occurrence of acute monoblastic leukemia and an abnormal B-cell clone with both cell types characterized by specific cytogenetic and immunological markers. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY 1986; 36:484-91. [PMID: 3488585 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1986.tb02285.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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2 different, unrelated, abnormal clones of cells were found in a patient with acute leukemia, each clone being characterized by specific cytogenetic abnormalities and a distinct immunological phenotype. Bone marrow morphology and cytochemistry indicated an acute monoblastic leukemia, a diagnosis supported by the finding of a t(9;11) in bone marrow cells. In PHA-stimulated blood culture, another abnormal karyotype was found in 16% of the metaphases: 47,XY, + 12, inv(13), t(14;18). Immunologically, the blood contained 3 types of mononucleated cells (MNC): 1) large cells (about 70% of the MNC) with a phenotype consistent with monoblastic/monocytic leukemic cells (My7+, My8+, My906+, My4+, Leu-M3+); 2) small lymphocytic cells with either T-cell characteristics (6% of the MNC); or 3) B-cell monoclonal features (24% of the MNC). The monoclonal B-cell population was Sm kappa +, mu +, delta +, BA-1+, B1+, Y29/55+ and FMC7+. The possible origin of this abnormal (malignant) B-cell population is discussed. However, this B-cell clone was clinically silent and the patient' death precluded further observations.
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Gonchoroff NJ, Katzmann JA, Garton JP, Ruiz-Argüelles GJ, Eilers CR, Greipp PR, Kyle RA. A monoclonal antibody reactive with a subset of human plasma cells. Br J Haematol 1986; 62:619-30. [PMID: 3516198 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1986.tb04084.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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A mouse monoclonal antibody (R1-3) raised against a human plasmacytoma xenograft and reactive with human plasma cells is described. The antibody reacts with a subset of plasma cells and lymphocytes, but is nonreactive with granulocytes, normoblasts, thymus, spleen or T lymphocytes. Flow cytometer double labelling experiments showed that approximately 50% of R1-3 positive bone marrow cells expressed surface immunoglobulin, but no R1-3 positive cells also expressed B1 or Leu 4. In a myeloma patient the R1-3 reactive cells were found to have a higher rate of DNA proliferation and were aneuploid as determined by flow cytometry. The R1-3 antigen is expressed on late B lymphocytes and early plasma cells.
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Versnel MA, van Dongen JJ, Geurts van Kessel AH, de Klein A, Bos NA, Hagemeijer A. Expression of the human immunoglobulin heavy chain gene of the 14q+ chromosome in a t(8;14)-positive Burkitt lymphoma cell line demonstrated in somatic cell hybrids. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1986; 19:321-30. [PMID: 3080223 DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(86)90061-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A newly isolated Burkitt lymphoma cell line, ROS-1, carrying the specific translocation (8;14) has been studied using somatic cell hybridization techniques. As in other reported Burkitt cell lines, the oncogene c-myc was found to be translocated from the 8q- to the 14q+ chromosome. In contrast to other reports, expression of the mu immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy chain correlated with the presence of the 14q+ derivative and not of its normal homologue. These results indicate that the translocation (8;14) is not necessarily an abortive event for the production of the mu Ig heavy chain by the 14q+ derivative.
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Aldo-Benson M, Scheiderer L, Dwulet FE. 2,4-Dinitrophenyl (DNP)-specific continuous B cell lines as a model system for studying B cell activation and tolerance. Eur J Immunol 1986; 16:69-74. [PMID: 3485048 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830160114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Various model systems have been used to study isolated B cell response to receptor cross-linking and to lymphokines. Although each model is useful it is advantageous to have continuous cell lines of nonmalignant antigen-specific B lymphocytes to study antigen-induced B cell function. We further studied the characteristics of the 2,4-dinitrophenyl (DNP)-specific continuous B lymphocyte lines which we previously described (J. Exp. Med. 1983. 157:342). If the cell line lymphocytes are cultured with the antigen DNP-Ficoll without the presence of T cell factors or filler cells they do not produce an immune response above background, but the addition of supernatant from EL4 lymphoma and irradiated normal spleen filler cells results in a 7- to 10-fold increase in plaque-forming cells. The kinetics of the immune response is the same as that seen with normal B cells. Each cell line has a majority of cells which are small surface (s)IgM- lymphocytes which have cytoplasmic IgM and react with 14.8 antibody. There are also large sIgM+-bearing cells, which may be either in the resting or activated state. Some of the sIgM+ cells also bear IgD and Ia antigens but they do not bear IgG. From these studies we conclude that the continuously growing antigen-specific B cell lines can be a useful model to study B cell function.
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Salter DM, Krajewski AS, Dewar AE. Immunophenotype analysis of malignant histiocytosis of the intestine. J Clin Pathol 1986; 39:8-15. [PMID: 3512610 PMCID: PMC499606 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.39.1.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Five cases of malignant histiocytosis of the intestine and one case of true histiocytic lymphoma were studied using immunohistological techniques. In paraffin sections tumour cells in all cases were shown to contain alpha-1-antitrypsin and to express the leucocyte common antigen. Four of the five cases of malignant histiocytosis of the intestine and the case of histiocytic lymphoma expressed the epithelial membrane antigen. Cryostat sections in four cases of malignant histiocytosis of the intestine showed that most tumour cells reacted with anti-T cell monoclonal antibodies. Only a minority expressed a typical monocyte macrophage phenotype.
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Stark AN, Limbert HJ, Roberts BE, Jones RA, Scott CS. Prolymphocytoid transformation of CLL: a clinical and immunological study of 22 cases. Leuk Res 1986; 10:1225-32. [PMID: 3534474 DOI: 10.1016/0145-2126(86)90241-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The clinical, morphological and immunological features of 22 cases of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in 'prolymphocytoid' transformation (CLL-Pro) are reported. Immunophenotypic patterns in CLL-Pro differ from CLL by the appearance of significant (greater than 15%) FMC7-positive components and/or increased SIg densities in most cases. Membrane TU1 and MRBC receptor expression was similar to that found in typical CLL. Morphologically, all cases showed a mixture of small lymphocytes and larger nucleolated 'prolymphocytes' although the degree of prolymphocytoid change was unrelated to immunological patterns. Clinically, the cases behaved in a very heterogeneous fashion, with some patients dying rapidly following transformation despite treatment, while others even if untreated had a long, stable and relatively benign course. It was not possible to predict which patients would do badly from immunological or morphological features but the presence of more than one involved lymph node site and the occurrence of B-symptoms appeared to identify a group that did badly. Immunological assessments were however important in therapeutic terms, drawing distinction between CLL-Pro variants and prolymphocytic leukaemia (PLL).
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San Miguel JF, Caballero MD, Gonzalez M, Zola H, Lopez Borrasca A. Immunological phenotype of neoplasms involving the B cell in the last step of differentiation. Br J Haematol 1986; 62:75-83. [PMID: 3080019 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1986.tb02902.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The immunological phenotype of diseases involving the last step of B cell differentiation--multiple myeloma (MM, 38 patients) and Waldenström's macroglobulinaemia (WM, 12 patients)--was analysed with a panel of monoclonal antibodies (McAb) as well as conventional markers. Most of the bone marrow plasma cells (80%) from MM patients reacted with the McAb OKT10, FMC8 and FMC48. Plasma cells were consistently negative with FMC7, Leu-1 and mouse rosettes. Ia, B1 and SIg were expressed in a minority of plasma cells (less than 30%) in half of the cases. The circulating neoplastic cells from five MM patients showed a more immature phenotype, with a higher reactivity for OKIa, B1 and increased SIg and a lower expression of CIg, than bone marrow plasma cells. The malignant cells of WM patients differed from those of MM in the reactivity with FMC7, being positive in 10 out of 11 cases, and in their high expression of B1, Ia and SIg with a predominant mu+ phenotype. Mouse rosettes and Leu-1 were positive in one case; OKT10 was positive in three out of five WM patients studied. This phenotype indicates that WM cells correspond to an earlier stage of B cell differentiation than MM plasma cells. The McAb J5 was positive in three out of six MM and two out of four WM analysed. The antigenic differences observed in MM and WM patients support the notion that the cells of the neoplastic clone are able to undergo a certain degree of differentiation.
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Van Joost T, Stolz E, Van der Sluis JJ, Vuzevski VD, Van der Kwast TH. Oral lupus erythematosus: markers of immunologic injury. J Cutan Pathol 1985; 12:500-5. [PMID: 3908518 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1985.tb00449.x] [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: 01/07/2023]
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Tissue speciments were taken from three regions in a patient with oral progressive lupus erythematosus (LE): the tongue, the buccal mucosa and clinically uninvolved cutaneous tissue. They were subjected to immunocytochemical studies by use of markers. HLA-DR antigen expression on mucosal epithelial cells was found in association with a predominance of activated helper T-Cells in the lesional tissue. Langerhans cells (OKT-6) and B-cells (Leu-IO, B1 and B2) were nearly absent in the mucosal lesions. The presence of populations of macrophages (MY-4) in the lesional epithelium might suggest an important role for these cells, rather than for Langerhans cells, in the afferent limb of cellular immunity in this case of LE.
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Abo T, Landay A, Balch CM, Cooper MD. A human B cell differentiation antigen selectively expressed on mature B cells identified by a monoclonal antibody (HB-2). Hum Immunol 1985; 13:253-64. [PMID: 3928543 DOI: 10.1016/0198-8859(85)90004-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A monoclonal IgM antibody (HB-2), produced against a membrane antigen on the Raji, B cell line, reacted by indirect immunofluorescence with 2 to 40% of lymphoblasts from the B cell lines, Raji, Daudi, SN-1036, and SB but not with other types of cell lines, including pre-B, myeloid, melanoma, or T cells. HB-2 antibody reacted with 10 +/- 3% of normal blood mononuclear cells, and was unreactive with monocytes, granulocytes, platelets, or erythrocytes. Two-color immunofluorescence revealed that HB-2 antigen expression was confined to cells bearing surface Ig. An interesting finding was the fact that 25% of plasmablasts induced by pokeweed mitogen also expressed the HB-2 antigen. However, pre-B and plasma cells from normal bone marrow did not express the HB-2 antigen either on their membrane surface or in their cytoplasm. Analysis of 85 leukemias revealed that the HB-2 antigen was expressed on acute and chronic B cell leukemias and Burkitt's lymphomas, but not on malignancies of pre-B, T, myelocytic, or plasma cells. The results suggest that expression of the HB-2 antigen is confined to mature B cells.
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Rao PE, Wright SD, Westberg EF, Goldstein G. OKB7, a monoclonal antibody that reacts at or near the C3d binding site of human CR2. Cell Immunol 1985; 93:549-55. [PMID: 3159485 DOI: 10.1016/0008-8749(85)90159-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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OKB7, an IgG2 mouse monoclonal antibody, binds to the C3d receptor (CR2) of human B lymphocytes in or near the active site of the receptor. OKB7 precipitates the same molecule as monoclonal antibodies B2 and HB-5 which have previously been reported to react with the C3d receptor at epitopes distant from the active site. The epitope recognized by OKB7 is distinct from those bound by B2 and HB-5 as shown in competitive binding experiments and is near the complement binding site since OKB7 blocks EAC3d rosetting at concentrations as low as 1 microgram/ml in the absence of cross-linking antibodies.
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Honda M, Steinberg AD. Production and characterization of a unique monoclonal antibody against human B cells (33.2.1). Cell Immunol 1985; 93:105-23. [PMID: 2581708 DOI: 10.1016/0008-8749(85)90392-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A monoclonal antibody specific for a polymorphic antigen on human B cells (33.2.1) was produced and characterized. By flow cytometry, 33.2.1 was found to react with peripheral blood B cells, monocytes, and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed B-cell lines, but not with peripheral blood T cells, mitogen-activated T cells, or allo- or autoactivated T cells. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) analysis showed that 33.2.1 recognizes a noncovalently bound bimolecular complex composed of an alpha chain of about 32 kDa and a beta chain of about 28 kDa. The failure of anti-HLA-DR, anti-Leu-10, and anti-HLA-DC1 to remove the 33.2.1 antigen by sequential immunoprecipitation suggests that 33.2.1 recognizes a distinct molecule rather than a different epitope on either HLA-DR or DS/DC/MB. In T-cell-independent B-cell activation systems, preincubation with 33.2.1 markedly inhibited RNA and DNA synthesis as well as polyclonal Ig production. In contrast, anti-HLA-DR was inhibitory only when it was present throughout the culture, but not when it was used for preincubation. Anti-Leu-10 led to only moderate inhibition. These results suggest that 33.2.1 recognizes a unique Ia-like antigen critical for B-cell activation.
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Kroese FG, Opstelten D, Wubbena AS, Deenen GJ, Aten J, Schwander EH, de Leij L, Nieuwenhuis P. Monoclonal antibodies to rat B lymphocyte (sub-)populations. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1985; 186:81-9. [PMID: 3901692 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-2463-8_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Robinson DS, Posnett DN, Zola H, Catovsky D. Normal counterparts of hairy cells and B-prolymphocytes in the peripheral blood. An ultrastructural study with monoclonal antibodies and the immunogold method. Leuk Res 1985; 9:335-48. [PMID: 2582211 DOI: 10.1016/0145-2126(85)90055-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The morphological and membrane phenotypic characteristics of normal peripheral blood B-lymphocytes were studied at ultrastructural level by means of the immunogold method with the following McAb: anti-HLA-Dr (OKIa and FMC4), FMC7, OKT10, and alpha HC1 and alpha HC2, reactive with HCL cells. Five morphological subsets of B-lymphocytes were identified: (i) 40% had a high nuclear cytoplasmic ratio, well condensed chromatin and small pale granules localised in one area of the cytoplasm, these cells expressed HLA-Dr and did not react with any of the other McAb; (ii) 40% had a prominent nucleolus, variable amount of chromatin condensation and localised granules, these cells were HLA-Dr positive and some of them expressed FMC7 as do the cells of B-PLL; (iii) 10% had a villous outline and variable numbers of polyribosomes scattered throughout the cytoplasm, some of these cells resembled morphologically HCL cells and were HLA-Dr +, FMC7 +, alpha HC1 +, alpha HC2 + and OKT10 +/-. The remaining two types of B-cells (10%) had the morphology of antibody secreting cells with parallel arrays of endoplasmic reticulum and some displayed electron dense granules in the Golgi zone. These cells were: (iv) lymphoplasmacytoid, the more common type, which were HLA-Dr +/-, FMC7-, alpha HC1-, alpha HC2 + and OKT10 +/-, and (v) plasma cells which were positive only with OKT10. The similarities in morphology and membrane markers between two of the subsets defined in this study and the cells of B-PLL and HCL suggest that they may represent normal counterparts of these B-cell malignancies.
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Janossy G, Caligaris-Cappio F, Bofill M, Campana D, Janossa M. Development of B cell subpopulations in humans and its relevance to malignancy. HAEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION 1985; 29:461-70. [PMID: 3875531 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-70385-0_95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Seshadri R, Matthews C, Jacky PB, Moore H, Zola H, Henderson DW, Morley AA. FMC-HU-1-B: a lymphoma B-cell line with unusual characteristics. Leuk Res 1985; 9:97-111. [PMID: 3872973 DOI: 10.1016/0145-2126(85)90024-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A cell line (FMC-Hu-1-B) was established from a biopsy of an abdominal mass of a child with non-Burkitt's lymphoma. The establishment of the cell line initially required the presence of normal bone marrow stromal cells and phytohaemagglutinin stimulated leucocyte conditioned medium. The cell line lacked Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen and exhibited numerous chromosomal abnormalities. Cell-surface marker analysis using a panel of monoclonal antibodies revealed only markers of the B lineage. Within the B-cell lineage FMC-Hu-1-B seemed to occupy a level of maturation equivalent to normal mature B-cells (surface membrane IgM, secretion of immunoglobulin and FMC-1 positive). However, the cells also weakly expressed the common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia antigen, normally found on early precursors of B-cells. The cells appear to secrete auto-stimulatory growth factor(s).
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Seymour GJ, Cole KL, Powell RN. Analysis of lymphocyte populations extracted from chronically inflamed human periodontal tissues. I. Identification. J Periodontal Res 1985; 20:47-57. [PMID: 2579229 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1985.tb00410.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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van Dongen JJ, Tettero IL, Geurts van Kessel AH, Versnel MA, Hooijkaas H, Hagemeijer A. Confirmation of the assignment of the gene coding for the BA-2 antigen to human chromosome 12. Hum Genet 1984; 68:351-2. [PMID: 6239818 DOI: 10.1007/bf00292603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Van Joost T, Stolz E, Blog FB, Van der Kwast TH, Vuzevski VD, Van Dongen JM. B-cell markers in malignant B-cell lymphoma with scleroderma-like manifestation. J Cutan Pathol 1984; 11:495-500. [PMID: 6335153 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.1984.tb00409.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A case is described of malignant B-cell lymphoma with scleroderma-like manifestation. Using different monoclonals as B-cell markers the tumor appeared to be positive for surface immunoglobulins (SmIg) and for B2-antigen, but negative for intracytoplasmic immunoglobulin (CIg), BA2- and FMC7-antigens. Therefore, the tumor could be determined as a highly differentiated Sm-positive early B-cell type of B-cell lymphoma. In this clinically rare manifestation of cutaneous B-cell lymphoma aspects of the cell morphology and of cellular mediated immunity are briefly discussed.
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Tedder TF, Clement LT, Cooper MD. Discontinuous expression of a membrane antigen (HB-7) during B lymphocyte differentiation. TISSUE ANTIGENS 1984; 24:140-9. [PMID: 6440308 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1984.tb02118.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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We have examined the expression of a cell surface antigen by B lineage cells in human fetuses, newborns and adults using a newly produced monoclonal antibody, HB-7. The HB-7 antigen was found to be a protease sensitive 45,000 MW molecule that appeared to be the same molecule recognized by the OKT-10 antibody. The HB-7 reactive molecule was expressed by all fetal pre-B and B cells, and 50% of newborn blood and adult bone marrow B cells. In contrast, only a small minority of B cells (2-12%) from blood, spleen and tonsil of adults were weakly HB-7+. The pokeweed mitogen-responsive B cell precursors of plasma cells were also HB-7-, but the HB-7 antigen was re-expressed during the plasma cell stage. We conclude that this antigen is unique among known B cell differentiation antigens in its intermittent pattern of expression during B cell development. The reactivity of the HB-7 antibody with immature, but not mature, B cells makes it well suited for studies of B cell ontogeny.
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Barr IG, Hancock WW, Kraft N, Toh BH, Atkins RC. PHM 14: a novel monoclonal antibody that reacts with both normal and neoplastic human B cells but not B-CLL. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY 1984; 33:187-96. [PMID: 6382583 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1984.tb02395.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The reactivity of PHM 14, a monoclonal antibody to B cells produced in our laboratory was compared with Leu 10, a commercially produced antibody. Flow microfluorometric analysis showed that both PHM 14 and Leu 10 reacted with normal B cells, a variety of B cell lines and with B cell leukaemias and lymphomas, except in the case of B-CLL where PHM 14 reacted with a minority of cases, whereas Leu 10 reacted with a majority. PHM 14 and Leu 10 did not react with normal monocytes, granulocytes, T cells, T cell lines or with T cell leukaemias or lymphomas. Specificity of PHM 14 for B cells was further supported by the demonstration that PHM 14-positive blood cells, sorted from PHM 14-negative blood cells, reacted with polyclonal anti-immunoglobulins and with a panel of B cell markers but did not react with markers for T cells, monocytes, granulocytes or NK cells. Our results suggest that both PHM 14 and Leu 10 should be useful diagnostic reagents in the investigation of B cell-derived leukaemias and lymphomas.
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Nieuwenhuis P, Opstelten D. Functional anatomy of germinal centers. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ANATOMY 1984; 170:421-35. [PMID: 6383007 DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001700315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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This year we celebrate the first centennial of the discovery of germinal centers by Flemming in 1884. The present paper reviews and adds new data to the functional anatomy of a germinal center. Emphasizing its reactive nature, we first describe a germinal center reaction and then deal with its infrastructural aspects and constituent cell populations, both lymphoid and nonlymphoid. Elements involved in the de novo formation of a germinal center, like antigen, T cells, and the mysterious germinal-center-precursor cell, are discussed. Next, attention is paid to the requirements for lymphoid cells to migrate into germinal centers, and novel features of germinal-center-seeking cells are presented. Subsequently, we discuss kinetic aspects of the high proliferative activity in a germinal center; and finally a description of the functional capacities of germinal-center-derived cells, such as B memory cells and IgM-antibody-forming cell precursors, completes this picture of present-day knowledge of the germinal center, a structure which has yet to reveal its last secrets.
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Zan-Bar I. In vivo blockage of B cell maturation by splenic T cells of total lymphoid irradiated mice. Eur J Immunol 1984; 14:640-4. [PMID: 6611267 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830140711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The effect of fractionated total lymphoid irradiation (TLI) on the induction of cells blocking in vivo B cell maturation was examined. (BALB/c x C57BL/6)F1 mice received 200 rds lymphoid irradiation daily for 8 days. One month after termination of the irradiation splenic T cells of TLI-treated mice were transferred, together with normal bone marrow cells, to lethally irradiated hosts. In addition, splenic cells or splenic B cells of TLI mice were transferred to irradiated hosts. Two months later, we checked the reconstituted mice for their ability to produce in vivo anti-trinitrophenyl (TNP)-Ficoll antibodies and their capacity to respond in vitro to dextran sulfate and lipopolysaccharide. In parallel, stained spleen cells were analyzed on the fluorescence-activated cells sorter using monoclonal anti-mu, anti-delta and anti-B220 surface marker antibodies. The results indicate that splenic T cells originating from TLI-treated mice cause maturation arrest of normal and TLI-treated B cells, since normal bone marrow cells injected together with those cells have immature phenotypic and functional features. In addition, neither splenic cells nor splenic B cells of TLI-treated mice can mature upon transfer to normal irradiated hosts. The B cells are IgM+, IgD-; they respond with a high proliferation rate to dextran sulfate and low proliferation rate to lipopolysaccharide, and poorly to TNP-Ficoll challenge.
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Berridge MV. Surface antigens of murine hemopoietic stem cells. VIII. Antisera define lineage antigens held in common between granulocyte-macrophage cells and between lymphoid cells. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CELL CLONING 1983; 1:360-76. [PMID: 6672103 DOI: 10.1002/stem.5530010504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The cell-lineage model of hemopoietic cell differentiation has been further investigated by detailed absorption analysis of the anti-stem cell activity in rabbit antisera against mouse hemopoietic cells. Of seven differentiated hematopoietic cells tested, platelets alone absorbed the anti-stem cell activity in anti-platelet serum. Thymocytes and B-lymphocytes absorbed all of the anti-stem cell activity in antithymocyte serum whereas other nonlymphocytic cells showed only partial absorbing ability. Macrophages and granulocytic cells absorbed most of the anti-stem cell activity in antimacrophage serum and antineutrophil serum whereas other cell types showed little or no absorbing capacity. Antisera against a cloned mast cell precursor line showed partial cell lineage activity whereas anti-sera against eosinophils and B-lymphocytes showed no evidence of cell lineage activity. A detailed model of cell lineage antigens on hemopoietic cells is presented.
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Zola H, Moore HA, Bradley J, Need JA, Beverley PC. Lymphocyte sub-populations in human cord blood: analysis with monoclonal antibodies. J Reprod Immunol 1983; 5:311-7. [PMID: 6631838 DOI: 10.1016/0165-0378(83)90257-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Lymphocytes and monocytes in human cord blood have been analysed using a panel of fourteen monoclonal antibodies. Contrary to earlier data based on the sheep erythrocyte rosette assay for T cells, no marked deficit in T cells was found in cord as compared with adult blood. The T cells in cord blood had a relatively immature phenotype whereas B cells showed a mature phenotype. The phenotypic differences between adult and cord blood appear minor in relation to the marked functional differences reported by others.
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A new human cell surface antigen (Hu Ly-m5) detected by a murine monoclonal antibody (E4.3) is described. The tissue distribution of the Hu Ly-m5 antigen is similar to the HLA antigens (with which it was initially confused) but it is not present on all bone marrow cells nor the U266 myeloma, and is expressed on the HLA-negative K562 cell line. Nevertheless, the Hu Ly-m5 antigen has some affinity for HLA molecules as the two entities cocap and the Hu Ly-m5 antigen copurifies with the HLA antigens on an anti-beta 2-microglobulin immunoabsorbent column; however, the antigen complexes did not withstand the procedures used for coprecipitation. Despite their similarities, the Hu Ly-m5 and HLA antigens are distinct molecular entities--Hu Ly-m5 consists of two bands of apparent molecular weight 69 and 60 K while HLA is comprised of the 43 and 12 K bands of the HLA heavy chain and beta 2-microglobulin, respectively. The function of the Hu Ly-m5 antigen is unknown, but no involvement in the cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response to influenza virus-infected cells could be demonstrated. The two properties described (apparent molecular weight and physical association with the HLA antigens) suggests that the Hu Ly-m5 antigen may be a viral-encoded protein.
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Cohen JH, Bouic P, Schmitt D, Lenoir G, Revillard JP. Endocytosis of class II histocompatibility antigens and formation of intracytoplasmic granules at the final differentiation stage of human B lymphocytes. Immunol Lett 1983; 7:123-7. [PMID: 6607878 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2478(83)90057-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The expression of histocompatibility antigens was investigated using several human lymphoid cell lines representative of different maturation stages of the B-cell lineage. Class II HLA antigens were found at the surface of all cell lines. However, in the myeloma cell line U266, an intracellular macrovesicular pool of these antigens was found in some cells. It originated from microvesicular endocytosis of the surface antigen, subsequently leading to cells bearing HLA class I but not class II antigens. Since the latter play a major role in cellular interactions regulating B-cell differentiation, this phenomenon may be linked to the final stage of maturation of B lymphocytes into plasma cells.
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