Article
CD4+ and CD56+ acute monoblastic leukemia.
American journal of hematology - 1 Jul 1990
Tauchi T, Ohyashiki K, Ohyashiki J H, Kawanishi Y, Kimura Y, Saito M, Nakazawa S, Kawai Y, Toyama K
Abstract excerpt
We report here a patient with acute monoblastic leukemia whose leukemia cells had CD4 (T4) and CD56 (NKH-1) antigens, in addition to CD36 (OKM5) antigen. The leukemia cells did not have NK or ADCC activities. They showed no rearrangements of immunoglobulin heavy (IgH) chain and T cell receptor (TCR)-beta chain genes, indicating that the leukemia cells were nonlymphoid. The presence of this case suggests that...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
- CD36 Antigens
- CD4 Antigens
- CD56 Antigen
- Genotype
- Humans
- Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute
- Male