Expression of T-cell-associated antigens in B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Br J Haematol. 2000 Jun;109(3):592-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2000.02006.x.

Abstract

We performed the immunophenotyping of 101 patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (B-NHL) using two-colour flow cytometry (FCM) and found that lymphoma cells coexpressed at least one kind of T-cell-associated antigen (T-Ag; CD2, CD5, CD7) in 25 patients (24. 8%). Among these three T-Ags, CD5 was the most frequently expressed, in 21 patients (20.8%), followed by CD7, expressed in five patients (5.0%), and CD2, which was expressed in two patients (2.0%). Two kinds of T-Ag were simultaneusly expressed in three patients (CD2/CD5, CD2/CD7, and CD5/CD7, each expressed in one patient). Concerning the expression pattern of T-Ag, there were no significant differences between lymph nodes and extranodal organs in the three patients with T-Ag-positive B-NHL (T-Ag(+) B-NHL) who were analysed. When comparing the clinical features between T-Ag(+) B-NHL and T-Ag-negative B-NHL (T-Ag(-) B-NHL), extranodal involvement and higher International Prognostic Index (H and H.I.) were significantly frequent in the former subgroup (P = 0.0119 and P = 0. 0302 respectively).

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antigens / analysis*
  • Antigens, CD7 / analysis
  • Blotting, Southern
  • CD2 Antigens / analysis
  • CD5 Antigens / analysis
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Humans
  • Immunophenotyping
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / immunology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*

Substances

  • Antigens
  • Antigens, CD7
  • CD2 Antigens
  • CD5 Antigens