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Gao Q, Chen X, Cherian S, Roshal M. Mature B‐ and plasma‐cell flow cytometric analysis: A review of the impact of targeted therapy. CYTOMETRY PART B: CLINICAL CYTOMETRY 2022; 104:224-242. [PMID: 36321879 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.22097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Flow cytometry has been indispensable in diagnosing B cell lymphoma and plasma cell neoplasms. The advances in novel multicolor flow cytometry have also made this technology a robust tool for monitoring minimal/measurable residual disease in chronic lymphocytic leukemia and multiple myeloma. However, challenges using conventional gating strategies to isolate neoplastic B or plasma cells are emerging due to the rapidly increasing number of antibody therapeutics targeting single or multiple classic B/plasma cell-lineage markers, such as CD19, CD20, and CD22 in B cells and CD38 in plasma cells. This review is the first of a two-part series that summarizes the most current targeted therapies used in B and plasma cell neoplasms and proposes detailed alternative approaches to overcome post-targeted therapy analysis challenges by flow cytometry. The second review in this series (Chen et al.) focuses on challenges encountered in the use of targeted therapy in precursor B cell neoplasms.
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- Qi Gao
- Hematopathology Service, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York New York USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology University of Washington Seattle WA USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology University of Washington Seattle WA USA
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- Hematopathology Service, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New York New York USA
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Czeti Á, Szalóki G, Varga G, Szita VR, Komlósi ZI, Takács F, Márk Á, Timár B, Matolcsy A, Barna G. Limitations of VS38c labeling in the detection of plasma cell myeloma by flow cytometry. Cytometry A 2021; 101:159-166. [PMID: 34296508 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.24488] [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: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Plasma cell myeloma (multiple myeloma [MM]) is a malignant neoplasm originating from the plasma cells. Besides other methods, flow cytometric analysis of the patient's bone marrow aspirate has an important role in the diagnosis and also in the response assessment. Since the cell surface markers, used for identifying abnormal plasma cells, are expressed diversely and the treatment can also alter the phenotype of the plasma cells, there is an increasing demand for new plasma cell markers. VS38c is a monoclonal antibody that recognizes the CLIMP-63 protein in the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum. CLIMP-63 is known to be expressed at high levels in normal and pathologic plasma cells in the bone marrow, thus VS38c antibody can be used to identify them. Although VS38c staining of plasma cells is reported to be constant and strong even in myeloma, we were wondering whether sample preparation can affect the staining. We have investigated the effect of different permeabilization agents and washing of the cells on the quality of the VS38c staining and found that in many cases the staining is inadequate to identify the plasma cells. We measured the VS38c staining of the bone marrow aspirates of 196 MM patients and observed that almost all cases showed bright staining with VS38c. However, permeabilization with mild detergent resulted in the appearance of a significant VS38cdim subpopulation, which showed increased sensitivity to mechanical stress (centrifugation). Our results indicate that VS38cdim MM cells can appear due to the improper permeabilization of the endoplasmic reticulum and this finding raises the possibility of the existence of a plasma cell subpopulation with different membrane properties. The significance of this population is unclear yet, but these cells can be easily missed with VS38c staining and can be lost due to centrifugation-induced lysis during sample preparation.
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- Ágnes Czeti
- First Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Haematology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Haematology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Genetics, Cell- and Immunobiology, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Courville EL, Yohe S, Shivers P, Linden MA. VS38 Identifies Myeloma Cells With Dim CD38 Expression and Plasma Cells Following Daratumumab Therapy, Which Interferes With CD38 Detection for 4 to 6 Months. Am J Clin Pathol 2020; 153:221-228. [PMID: 31679012 DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqz153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We report our institutional experience using VS38 to evaluate plasma cells by flow cytometry. METHODS Flow cytometry data were reanalyzed to compare plasma cell percentages between the standard panel and VS38 panel. Natural killer (NK) and plasma cell CD38 median fluorescence intensity (MFI) values were calculated. RESULTS Our cohort included 63 specimens from 38 patients. Twenty-six had received daratumumab (monoclonal anti-CD38 therapy) between less than 1 month and 17 months prior. For NK and plasma cells, CD38 MFI values were suppressed for 0 to 4 months and started to increase 4 to 6 months after last exposure. There was no significant difference in clonal plasma cell percentage calculated by the VS38 and standard panels; however, identification and quantification using the VS38 panel were easier. CONCLUSIONS VS38 is a viable alternative to bright CD38 to identify plasma cells and particularly helpful in myeloma cases with dim CD38 and after daratumumab. Daratumumab interference with CD38 identification persists 4 to 6 months after the last exposure.
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- Elizabeth L Courville
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, MHealth Fairview and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, MHealth Fairview and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, MHealth Fairview and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, MHealth Fairview and University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Mizuta S, Kawata T, Kawabata H, Yamane N, Mononobe S, Komai T, Koba Y, Ukyo N, Tamekane A, Watanabe M. VS38 as a promising CD38 substitute antibody for flow cytometric detection of plasma cells in the daratumumab era. Int J Hematol 2019; 110:322-330. [DOI: 10.1007/s12185-019-02685-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2019] [Revised: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Sanoja-Flores L, Flores-Montero J, Garcés JJ, Paiva B, Puig N, García-Mateo A, García-Sánchez O, Corral-Mateos A, Burgos L, Blanco E, Hernández-Martín J, Pontes R, Díez-Campelo M, Millacoy P, Rodríguez-Otero P, Prosper F, Merino J, Vidriales MB, García-Sanz R, Romero A, Palomera L, Ríos-Tamayo R, Pérez-Andrés M, Blanco JF, González M, van Dongen JJM, Durie B, Mateos MV, San-Miguel J, Orfao A. Next generation flow for minimally-invasive blood characterization of MGUS and multiple myeloma at diagnosis based on circulating tumor plasma cells (CTPC). Blood Cancer J 2018; 8:117. [PMID: 30455467 PMCID: PMC6242818 DOI: 10.1038/s41408-018-0153-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Revised: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Here, we investigated for the first time the frequency and number of circulating tumor plasma cells (CTPC) in peripheral blood (PB) of newly diagnosed patients with localized and systemic plasma cell neoplasms (PCN) using next-generation flow cytometry (NGF) and correlated our findings with the distinct diagnostic and prognostic categories of the disease. Overall, 508 samples from 264 newly diagnosed PCN patients, were studied. CTPC were detected in PB of all active multiple myeloma (MM; 100%), and smoldering MM (SMM) patients (100%), and in more than half (59%) monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) cases (p <0.0001); in contrast, CTPC were present in a small fraction of solitary plasmacytoma patients (18%). Higher numbers of CTPC in PB were associated with higher levels of BM infiltration and more adverse prognostic features, together with shorter time to progression from MGUS to MM (p <0.0001) and a shorter survival in MM patients with active disease requiring treatment (p ≤ 0.03). In summary, the presence of CTPC in PB as assessed by NGF at diagnosis, emerges as a hallmark of disseminated PCN, higher numbers of PB CTPC being strongly associated with a malignant disease behavior and a poorer outcome of both MGUS and MM.
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- L Sanoja-Flores
- Cancer Research Center (IBMCC-CSIC/USAL-IBSAL); Cytometry Service (NUCLEUS) and Department of Medicine, University of Salamanca (USAL), Salamanca, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer: CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00400, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Cancer Research Center (IBMCC-CSIC/USAL-IBSAL); Cytometry Service (NUCLEUS) and Department of Medicine, University of Salamanca (USAL), Salamanca, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer: CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00400, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Clinica Universidad de Navarra (UNAV), Applied Medical Research Center (CIMA), IDISNA. CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00369 and CB16/12/00489, Pamplona, Spain
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- Clinica Universidad de Navarra (UNAV), Applied Medical Research Center (CIMA), IDISNA. CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00369 and CB16/12/00489, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca (HUSA), IBSAL; IBMCC (USAL-CSIC). CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00233, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Health Care Center of Segovia (CAS), Segovia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca (HUSA), IBSAL; IBMCC (USAL-CSIC). CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00233, Salamanca, Spain
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- Cancer Research Center (IBMCC-CSIC/USAL-IBSAL); Cytometry Service (NUCLEUS) and Department of Medicine, University of Salamanca (USAL), Salamanca, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer: CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00400, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Clinica Universidad de Navarra (UNAV), Applied Medical Research Center (CIMA), IDISNA. CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00369 and CB16/12/00489, Pamplona, Spain
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- Cancer Research Center (IBMCC-CSIC/USAL-IBSAL); Cytometry Service (NUCLEUS) and Department of Medicine, University of Salamanca (USAL), Salamanca, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer: CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00400, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Health Care Center of Segovia (CAS), Segovia, Spain
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- Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Institute of Pediatrics and Childhood Care, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca (HUSA), IBSAL; IBMCC (USAL-CSIC). CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00233, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Hospital Center of Navarra (CHN), Pamplona, Spain
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- Clinica Universidad de Navarra (UNAV), Applied Medical Research Center (CIMA), IDISNA. CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00369 and CB16/12/00489, Pamplona, Spain
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- Clinica Universidad de Navarra (UNAV), Applied Medical Research Center (CIMA), IDISNA. CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00369 and CB16/12/00489, Pamplona, Spain
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- Clinica Universidad de Navarra (UNAV), Applied Medical Research Center (CIMA), IDISNA. CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00369 and CB16/12/00489, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca (HUSA), IBSAL; IBMCC (USAL-CSIC). CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00233, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca (HUSA), IBSAL; IBMCC (USAL-CSIC). CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00233, Salamanca, Spain
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- Primary Care Center Miguel Armijo, Sanidad de Castilla y León (SACYL), Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital Lozano Blesa (HULB), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Virgen de las Nieves Hospital (HVN), Granada, Spain
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- Cancer Research Center (IBMCC-CSIC/USAL-IBSAL); Cytometry Service (NUCLEUS) and Department of Medicine, University of Salamanca (USAL), Salamanca, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer: CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00400, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Orthopedics, University Hospital of Salamanca, IBSAL; IBMCC (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca (HUSA), IBSAL; IBMCC (USAL-CSIC). CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00233, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Hematology, University Hospital of Salamanca (HUSA), IBSAL; IBMCC (USAL-CSIC). CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00233, Salamanca, Spain
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- Clinica Universidad de Navarra (UNAV), Applied Medical Research Center (CIMA), IDISNA. CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00369 and CB16/12/00489, Pamplona, Spain
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- Cancer Research Center (IBMCC-CSIC/USAL-IBSAL); Cytometry Service (NUCLEUS) and Department of Medicine, University of Salamanca (USAL), Salamanca, Spain.
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Cáncer: CIBER-ONC number CB16/12/00400, Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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Hookway ES, Orosz Z, Uchihara Y, Grigoriadis A, Hassan AB, Oppermann U, Athanasou NA. Utility of VS38c in the diagnostic and prognostic assessment of osteosarcoma and other bone tumours/tumour-like lesions. Clin Sarcoma Res 2017; 7:17. [PMID: 28936339 PMCID: PMC5603185 DOI: 10.1186/s13569-017-0083-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background VS38c is a monoclonal antibody that recognises a rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER) intracellular antigen termed cytoskeleton-linking membrane protein 63. rER is typically found in viable tumour cells and is abundant in osteosarcoma cells. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic and prognostic utility of VS38c in the histological assessment of osteosarcoma and other bone tumours/tumour-like leisons. Methods Immunohistochemical staining with VS38c was carried out on formalin-fixed specimens of osteosarcoma (pre/post-chemotherapy) and a wide range of benign and malignant bone lesions. In addition, VS38c staining of cultures of MG63 and Sa0S2 osteosarcoma cell cultures. (±cisplatin and actinomycin D-treatment) was analysed. Results VS38c strongly stained tumour cells in all low-grade and high-grade osteosarcomas and in undifferentiated sarcomas and high-grade chondrosarcomas. There was little or no VS38c staining of low-grade chondrosarcomas or chordomas and variable staining of Ewing sarcomas. Osteoblasts in benign bone-forming tumours and mononuclear stromal cells in chondroblastomas, giant cell tumours and non-ossifying fibromas strongly stained for VS38c. VS38c staining was absent in cisplatin and actinomycin D treated Sa0S2 and MG63 cells. In specimens of osteosarcoma post-neoadjuvant therapy, VS38c staining was absent in most morphologically necrotic areas of tumor although some cells with pyknotic nuclei stained for VS38c in these areas. Most tumour cells exhibiting atypical nuclear forms were not stained by VS38c. Conclusions Our findings show that VS38c is a sensitive but not specific diagnostic marker of osteosarcoma. Staining with VS38c identifies viable osteosarcoma cells, a feature which may be useful in the assessment of percentage tumour necrosis post-neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
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- E S Hookway
- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal and Sciences, University of Oxford, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, OX3 7HE UK
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal and Sciences, University of Oxford, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, OX3 7HE UK
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal and Sciences, University of Oxford, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, OX3 7HE UK
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- Department of Craniofacial Development and Stem Cell Biology, Guy's Hospital, King's College, London, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal and Sciences, University of Oxford, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, OX3 7HE UK
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal and Sciences, University of Oxford, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, OX3 7HE UK
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- Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal and Sciences, University of Oxford, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, OX3 7HE UK
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SUÁREZ DIMAS, IZQUIERDO FRANCISCOMIGUEL, MÉNDEZ JOSERAMÓN, ESCOBAR JULIANA, CABEZA ANGELES, JUNCO PILAR. Tumor of fibroblastic reticular cells of lymph node coincidental with an undifferentiated endometrial stromal sarcoma. Report of a case with distinctive immunophenotype and Kikuchi-like necro-inflammatory response. APMIS 2011; 119:216-20. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2010.02712.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The plasma cell neoplasms are malignancies of the most terminally differentiated cells in B-cell ontogeny and are usually associated with the production of a monoclonal immunoglobulin molecule or M protein. These malignancies include tumors whose clinical manifestations are directly attributable to the end-organ damage induced by the dysregulated proliferation of neoplastic plasma cells. In contrast, disorders, such as primary amyloidosis, have a paradoxically low burden of neoplastic plasma cells, rendered highly pathogenic by the end-organ damage induced by deposition of the secreted paraprotein. In this article, discussion focuses on plasma cell myeloma. The molecular pathogenesis of plasma cell myeloma is reviewed and the diagnosis of the plasma cell neoplasms discussed.
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- Robert B Lorsbach
- Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 West Markham Street, Mail Slot 517, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
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Kijanka G, Barry R, Chen H, Gould E, Seidlits SK, Schmid J, Morgan M, Mason DY, Cordell J, Murphy D. Defining the molecular target of an antibody derived from nuclear extract of Jurkat cells using protein arrays. Anal Biochem 2009; 395:119-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.08.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2009] [Revised: 07/24/2009] [Accepted: 08/31/2009] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Li R, Morris SW. Development of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) small-molecule inhibitors for cancer therapy. Med Res Rev 2008; 28:372-412. [PMID: 17694547 DOI: 10.1002/med.20109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) involved in the genesis of several human cancers; indeed, ALK was initially identified in constitutively activated and oncogenic fusion forms--the most common being nucleophosmin (NPM)-ALK--in a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) known as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) and subsequent studies identified ALK fusions in the human sarcomas called inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs). In addition, two recent reports have suggested that the ALK fusion, TPM4-ALK, may be involved in the genesis of a subset of esophageal squamous cell carcinomas. While the cause-effect relationship between ALK fusions and malignancies such as ALCL and IMT is very well established, more circumstantial links implicate the involvement of the full-length, normal ALK receptor in the genesis of additional malignancies including glioblastoma, neuroblastoma, breast cancer, and others; in these instances, ALK is believed to foster tumorigenesis following activation by autocrine and/or paracrine growth loops involving the reported ALK ligands, pleiotrophin (PTN) and midkine (MK). There are no currently available ALK small-molecule inhibitors approved for clinical cancer therapy; however, recognition of the variety of malignancies in which ALK may play a causative role has recently begun to prompt developmental efforts in this area. This review provides a succinct summary of normal ALK biology, the confirmed and putative roles of ALK fusions and the full-length ALK receptor in the development of human cancers, and efforts to target ALK using small-molecule kinase inhibitors.
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- Rongshi Li
- High-Throughput Medicinal Chemistry, ChemBridge Research Laboratories, 16981 Via Tazon, Suites K, San Diego, California 92127, USA.
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Węsierska-Gądek J, Gueorguieva M, Kramer MP, Ranftler C, Sarg B, Lindner H. A new, unexpected action of olomoucine, a CDK inhibitor, on normal human cells: Up-regulation of CLIMP-63, a cytoskeleton-linking membrane protein. J Cell Biochem 2007; 102:1405-19. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Conrads TP, Tocci GM, Hood BL, Zhang CO, Guo L, Koch KR, Michejda CJ, Veenstra TD, Keay SK. CKAP4/p63 is a receptor for the frizzled-8 protein-related antiproliferative factor from interstitial cystitis patients. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:37836-43. [PMID: 17030514 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m604581200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Antiproliferative factor (APF) is a low molecular weight sialoglycopeptide that is secreted by bladder cells from interstitial cystitis patients and is a potent inhibitor of both normal bladder epithelial and bladder carcinoma cell proliferation. We hypothesized that APF may produce its antiproliferative effects by binding to a transmembrane receptor. This study demonstrates that cytoskeleton-associated protein 4/p63 (CKAP4/p63), a type II transmembrane receptor, binds with high affinity to APF. The antiproliferative activity of APF is effectively inhibited by preincubation with anti-CKAP4/p63-specific antibodies, as well as by short interfering RNA knockdown of CKAP4/p63. Immunofluorescent confocal microscopy showed co-localization of anti-CKAP4/p63 and rhodamine-labeled synthetic APF binding in both cell membrane and perinuclear areas. APF also inhibits the proliferation of HeLa cervical carcinoma cells that are known to express CKAP4/p63. These data indicate that CKAP4/p63 is an important epithelial cell receptor for APF.
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- Thomas P Conrads
- Laboratory of Proteomics and Analytical Technologies, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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Recent evidence suggests that diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) with plasmablastic differentiation represents a clinically heterogeneous spectrum with different clinicopathologic characteristics representing distinct entities. Subtypes of DLBCL with plasmablastic features and terminal B-cell differentiation include plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) of oral mucosa type; PBL with plasmacytic differentiation; primary effusion lymphoma (PEL); KSHV-positive solid lymphoma/extracavitary PEL/HHV-8 associated DLBCL; and DLBCL expressing ALK. In contrast, PBL associated with multicentric Castleman disease, DLBCL with secretory differentiation, pyothorax-associated lymphoma, and atypical Burkitt lymphoma with plasmacytoid differentiation have morphologic appearances of plasma cell differentiation but maintain a mature B-cell (CD20 positive) phenotype. These tumors as well as extramedullary plasmablastic tumors secondary to multiple myeloma or plasmacytomas are included in the differential diagnosis. In this review, we discuss recently described clinicopathologic insights, case observations, and recently reported molecules involved in terminal B-cell or plasma cell differentiation and their possible roles in disease pathogenesis.
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- Julie Teruya-Feldstein
- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Zhang Y, Da RR, Hilgenberg LG, Tourtellotte WW, Sobel RA, Smith MA, Olek M, Nagra R, Sudhir G, van den Noort S, Qin Y. Clonal expansion of IgA-positive plasma cells and axon-reactive antibodies in MS lesions. J Neuroimmunol 2005; 167:120-30. [PMID: 16099056 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2005.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2004] [Revised: 04/15/2005] [Accepted: 04/22/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Immunoglobulin A (IgA), the predominant immunoglobulin class in mucosal secretions, has been found in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). In this study we examined the infiltration of clonally expanded IgA plasma cells in lesions of MS brains. Sequences of complementarity-determining region 3 of IgA variable heavy chain (V(H)) genes demonstrated the clonal expansion of IgA-bearing plasma cells in MS lesions. Somatic mutations and ongoing intra-clonal mutations occurred in their V(H) genes. Immunohistochemical study demonstrated infiltration of dimer and polymer IgA1- and A2-positive plasma cells in perivascular spaces, in the parenchyma of MS lesions, and in the adjacent white matter. Double immunofluorescence staining showed binding of IgA antibody on axons and walls of microvessels in the areas of chronic active and inactive demyelination. Bielshowsky's silver impregnation revealed axonal damage in these areas. These findings suggest that IgA in the CNS are localized on axons in lesions and may contribute to axonal damage in MS.
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- Yiping Zhang
- Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine, 100 Irvine Hall, Irvine, CA 92697-4275, USA
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Fernandez-Flores A, Fortes J, Smucler A, Orduña M, Pol A. Involvement of the liver by multiple myeloma as nodular lesions: a case diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration and immunocytochemistry. Diagn Cytopathol 2004; 29:280-2. [PMID: 14595796 DOI: 10.1002/dc.10367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Liver involvement by multiple myeloma as space-occupying lesions is a rare condition with only a few cases reported in the literature. We present a case of a 68-year-old man with a prostatic adenocarcinoma who developed a multiple myeloma as a second primary malignancy. Hepatic nodules were discovered in the tomographic study. Fine-needle aspiration of one of the hepatic lesions showed a pleomorphic plasmacytoid tumor. Immunocytochemistry using p63 and kappa-chain antibodies was useful in determining the plasmacytic nature of the cells.
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- A Fernandez-Flores
- Service of Anatomic Pathology, Clinica Ponferrada, Ponferrada-Leon, Spain.
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Pulford K, Morris SW, Turturro F. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase proteins in growth control and cancer. J Cell Physiol 2004; 199:330-58. [PMID: 15095281 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The normal functions of full-length anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) remain to be completely elucidated. Although considered to be important in neural development, recent studies in Drosophila also highlight a role for ALK in gut muscle differentiation. Indeed, the Drosophila model offers a future arena for the study of ALK, its ligands and signalling cascades. The discovery of activated fusion forms of the ALK tyrosine kinase in anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) has dramatically improved our understanding of the pathogenesis of these lymphomas and enhanced the pathological diagnosis of this subtype of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Likewise, the realisation that a high percentage of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumours express activated-ALK fusion proteins has clarified the causation of these mesenchymal neoplasms and provided for their easier discrimination from other mesenchymal-derived inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour (IMT) mimics. Recent reports of ALK expression in a range of carcinoma-derived cell lines together with its apparent role as a receptor for PTN and MK, both of which have been implicated in tumourigenesis, raise the possibility that ALK-mediated signalling could play a role in the development and/or progression of a number of common solid tumours. The therapeutic targeting of ALK may prove to have efficacy in the treatment of many of these neoplasms.
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- K Pulford
- Leukaemia Research Fund Immunodiagnostics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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de Leval L, Harris NL. Variability in immunophenotype in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and its clinical relevance. Histopathology 2003; 43:509-28. [PMID: 14636252 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2003.01758.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), the single largest category of lymphoma, is a clinically and biologically heterogeneous disease entity. Clinically, patients differ in their mode of presentation and respond variably to therapy. A combination of clinical parameters can be used to predict the patient's response to therapy and survival. The pathological variability of DLBCL is expressed in morphology, immunophenotype, cytogenetic and molecular genetic features. Numerous markers detectable by immunohistochemistry and linked to different aspects of tumour biology have been studied in DLBCL, including lineage-associated and immune markers, proliferation and apoptosis markers, cell adhesion molecules, and more recently stage-specific markers of B-cell differentiation. This review summarizes these studies in regard to their clinical significance and in the light of recent advances in our understanding of the molecular pathology and histogenesis of DLBCL.
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- L de Leval
- Department of Pathology, C.H.U. of Liège, Belgium.
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Coupland SE, Foss HD, Hidayat AA, Cockerham GC, Hummel M, Stein H. Extranodal marginal zone B cell lymphomas of the uvea: an analysis of 13 cases. J Pathol 2002; 197:333-40. [PMID: 12115879 DOI: 10.1002/path.1130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The majority of primary lymphoproliferative lesions of the uvea represent low-grade B cell lymphomas and often display a prominent plasmacellular differentiation. The purpose of the current study was to classify the uveal lymphoproliferations according to the REAL classification; examine the immune profile of the plasmacellular differentiated tumour cells using the plasma cell-related antigens multiple myeloma oncogene-1-protein (MUM1), Vs38c, CD38 and CD138; and to compare this profile with that of mature reactive plasma cells. Following fixation, 13 lymphoproliferative lesions of the uvea were categorized on the basis of their morphology and immunophenotype according to the REAL classification. Included in the immunohistochemistry were B cell-specific activator protein (BSAP), MUM1, Vs38c, CD38 and CD138. Nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was also performed on DNA extracted from paraffin sections for the detection of gene rearrangements of the heavy immunoglobulin chain (IgH). All of the 13 uveal tract lymphoproliferative lesions represented malignant lymphoma of B cell non-Hodgkin type and could be diagnosed as 'extranodal marginal zone B cell lymphomas' (EMZL). The degree of plasmacellular differentiation varied between the tumours. In contrast to their non-plasmacytoid counterparts, the 'plasmacytoid' EMZL tumour cells were negative for the B cell markers CD20 and BSAP, and demonstrated heterogeneous positivity for the markers MUM1, Vs38c, CD38 and CD138. The most consistent marker was MUM1, being observed in all tumours. Co-expression of all plasma cell markers was observed in four (31%) uveal EMZL. Loss of CD138 expression was observed in six (46%) tumours, of Vs38c expression in five (38%) and of CD38 in one (7%) tumour. Although the diagnosis of malignant lymphoma was unequivocally based on morphological and immunophenotypical features, the molecular analysis was able to demonstrate clonal B cell populations in only one uveal EMZL. All uveal lymphoid proliferations investigated represented EMZL, with the corresponding morphology and immunophenotype as seen in EMZL in other extranodal locations. MUM1, followed by CD38 expression, were the most constant plasma cell antigens in the plasmacytoid EMZL tumour cells, with both Vs38c and CD138 positivity being lost in many tumours. Aberrant immune profiles of plasma cell-related antigens may be of help in the establishment of malignancy in uveal lymphoproliferative lesions, particularly where interpretation of light chain expression and/or PCR results is difficult.
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- Sarah E Coupland
- Department of Pathology, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Free University, Berlin, Germany.
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Natkunam Y, Warnke RA, Montgomery K, Falini B, van De Rijn M. Analysis of MUM1/IRF4 protein expression using tissue microarrays and immunohistochemistry. Mod Pathol 2001; 14:686-94. [PMID: 11455001 DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3880373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The gene encoding MUM1 was characterized as a possible translocation partner in chromosomal abnormalities involving a significant number of multiple myelomas. The overexpression of the MUM1 protein as a result of translocation t(6;14) (p25;q32) identified MUM1 as a putative regulatory molecule involved in B-cell differentiation and tumorigenesis. The expression of MUM1 protein in multiple myelomas supports this hypothesis. In the current study, using tissue microarray technology, we have tested the expression of the MUM1 protein in 1335 human malignancies and normal tissues. Our data show that the MUM1 protein is expressed in a wide spectrum of hematolymphoid neoplasms and in malignant melanomas but is absent in other human tumors. In addition, in tissue microarrays as well as in conventional paraffin sections, MUM1 staining was found to lack specificity in detecting plasmacytic differentiation as compared with two markers, CD138/Syndecan and VS38, commonly used in paraffin immunohistochemistry for detection of plasma cells.
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- Y Natkunam
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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Pulford K, Jones M, Banham AH, Haralambieva E, Mason DY. Lymphocyte-specific protein 1: a specific marker of human leucocytes. Immunology 1999; 96:262-71. [PMID: 10233704 PMCID: PMC2326732 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1999.00677.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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While both murine and human homologues of the LSP1 gene (lymphocyte-specific gene 1) and its protein products have been identified, studies on human LSP1 have been limited. The present report describes a detailed immunocytochemical study of the distribution and localization of human LSP1 in both normal and neoplastic cells and tissues. The specificity of the monoclonal anti-LSP1 reagent was confirmed by expression cloning and transfection studies. The intracellular 60 000 MW LSP1 protein was found to be present in peripheral blood B cells, monocytes and granulocytes but absent in a subpopulation of circulating T cells (10-15% of CD3-positive T cells). The presence of LSP1 protein in medullary thymocytes, but only in scattered cortical thymocytes, provided additional evidence for heterogeneity of expression in T cells. Novel observations also included the presence of LSP1 in plasma cells, dendritic cells and Langerhans' cells. The leucocyte-restricted distribution of LSP1 protein means that it may play an important role in haematopathology. LSP1 protein was detected in a wide range of leukaemias and lymphomas, particularly of B-cell origin, and in tumour cells in classical Hodgkin's disease. Of interest was the indication of a reciprocal relationship in the expression of LSP1 and ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase) proteins in patients with anaplastic large cell lymphoma. As the anti-LSP1 reagent used in the present study recognizes a formalin-resistant epitope it should be of considerable value in the diagnosis of routinely fixed material.
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- K Pulford
- Leukaemia Research Fund Immunodiagnostics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Cellular Science, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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