Article
The nature of Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg cells, their association with EBV, and their relationship to anaplastic large-cell lymphoma.
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Feb 1991
Stein H, Herbst H, Anagnostopoulos I, Niedobitek G, Dallenbach F, Kratzsch H C
Abstract excerpt
This review focuses on the cellular origin of Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells, their association with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and their relation to Ki-1+ anaplastic large-cell (ALC) lymphoma. The tingibility of HRS cells in paraffin sections for polyclonal immunoglobulin represents a staining artifact and thus can no longer serve as an argument for the histiocytic nature of HRS cells. Immunolabeling...
Topics
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Histiocytes
- Hodgkin Disease
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
- Phenotype
- Tumor Virus Infections
