Article
T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. T-cell function and lymphokine secretion.
Cancer - 1 Mar 1992
Raziuddin S, Sheikha A, Latif A A
Abstract excerpt
The leukemic T-cells of the six patients with T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (T-CLL), four with CD4 and CD45R-positive (CD4+ CD45R*) T-CLL and two with CD8 and CD45R-positive (CD8+ CD45R+) T-CLL phenotype were studied for detailed immunologic phenotypic and functional characteristics. The levels of soluble interleukin-2 receptors were elevated significantly in the serum of all four patients with CD4+ CD45R+...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Surface
- Humans
- Interleukin-2
- Interleukin-4
- Leukemia, Prolymphocytic, T-Cell
- Lymphokines
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Interleukin-2