Article
Prognostic impact of ZAP-70 expression in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: mean fluorescence intensity T/B ratio versus percentage of positive cells.
Journal of translational medicine - 8 Mar 2010
Rossi Francesca M, Del Principe Maria Ilaria, Rossi Davide, Irno Consalvo Maria, Luciano Fabrizio, Zucchetto Antonella, Bulian Pietro, Bomben Riccardo, Dal Bo Michele, Fangazio Marco, Benedetti Dania, Degan Massimo, Gaidano Gianluca, Del Poeta Giovanni, Gattei Valter
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: ZAP-70 is an independent negative prognostic marker in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Usually, its expression is investigated by flow cytometric protocols in which the percentage of ZAP-70 positive CLL cells is determined in respect to isotypic control (ISO-method) or residual ZAP-70 positive T cells (T-method). These methods, however, beside suffering of an inherent subjectivity in their...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- B-Lymphocytes
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
