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Lymphotoxin, tumour necrosis factor and interleukin‐6 gene transcripts are present in Hodgkin and Reed‐Sternberg cells of most Hodgkin's disease cases
1 Aug 1993
Abstract excerpt
Tissue specimens from 26 cases of Hodgkin's disease (HD) and six HD-derived cell lines were analysed for tumour necrosis factor (TNF), lymphotoxin (LT), and interleukin (IL)-6 RNA transcripts by in situ hybridization, in some cases subsequent to immunohistology for CD30 antigen. LT and TNF transcripts were found in tumour cells of all cases; IL-6 gene transcripts were detectable in 19/23 cases. Presence of RNA...
