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Chronic lymphoproliferative disorder with regulatory T-cell phenotype.
American journal of hematology - 1 Sept 2006
Kikuchi Tomoko, Katayama Yoshio, Kubonishi Shiro, Watanabe Toshiyuki, Watanabe Yukari, Matsuoka Ken-ichi, Maeda Yoshinobu, Namba Noriko, Masunari Taro, Nasu Ryusuke, Ikeda Kazuma, Tanimoto Mitsune
Abstract excerpt
We report a case of T-cell chronic lymphoproliferative disorder (CLPD) that shows neither features of T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia nor disease progression for more than 34 months. Flow cytometric analyses of the lymphocytes revealed high expression of CD4 and CD25. Up-regulation of Foxp3, a master regulatory gene for developmental differentiation of regulatory T cells (Treg), was confirmed at mRNA and protein...
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