Article
Analysis of beta, gamma, and delta T-cell receptor genes in lymphomatoid papulosis: cellular basis of two distinct histologic subsets.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 May 1991
Whittaker S, Smith N, Jones R R, Luzzatto L
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the histogenesis of lymphomatoid papulosis (LYP), we have analyzed the configuration of the beta, gamma, and delta T-cell receptor (TCR) and Ig genes in DNA from 31 biopsies of 18 patients with this condition and also from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of eight of these patients. Immunoglobulin genes were in a germ-line configuration in all patients, and TCR genes were in a germ-line...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, Differentiation
- Antigens, Neoplasm
- Female
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Genotype
- Humans
- Ki-1 Antigen
- Male
- Middle Aged
