The expression of the gut intra-epithelial T-cell associated molecule HML-1, a trimeric protein of 150, 125, 105 kD, was studied in 75 T-cell lymphomas of different subtypes: 20 T-lymphoblastic lymphomas/leukaemias; 50 nodal peripheral T-cell lymphomas; and five intestinal T-cell lymphomas. Our results confirm: (i) the usefulness of the HML-1 monoclonal antibody as an immunohistochemical marker for intestinal T-cell lymphomas: and (ii) the lack of reactivity of HML-1 with nodal peripheral T-cell lymphomas. Moreover, expression of the HML-1 molecule was found for the first time in a case of T-lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukaemia. The patient presented with a mediastinal mass which consisted of HML-1 + neoplastic cells displaying a phenotypic profile consistent with early thymocytes. Genes coding for the alpha, beta, gamma and delta chains of the T-cell receptor were in a germline configuration. The neoplastic cells could have been derived from the small subset of HML-1 + thymocytes detectable in the cortex of normal human thymus.
Expression of the intestinal T-lymphocyte associated molecule HML-1: analysis of 75 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and description of the first HML-1 positive T-lymphoblastic tumour / B. Falini, L. Flenghi, M. Fagioli, P. G. Pelicci, H. Stein, B. Bigerna, S. Pileri, M. F. Martelli. - In: HISTOPATHOLOGY. - ISSN 0309-0167. - 18:5(1991 May), pp. 421-6-426. [10.1111/j.1365-2559.1991.tb00872.x]
Expression of the intestinal T-lymphocyte associated molecule HML-1: analysis of 75 non-Hodgkin's lymphomas and description of the first HML-1 positive T-lymphoblastic tumour
P.G. Pelicci;
1991
Abstract
The expression of the gut intra-epithelial T-cell associated molecule HML-1, a trimeric protein of 150, 125, 105 kD, was studied in 75 T-cell lymphomas of different subtypes: 20 T-lymphoblastic lymphomas/leukaemias; 50 nodal peripheral T-cell lymphomas; and five intestinal T-cell lymphomas. Our results confirm: (i) the usefulness of the HML-1 monoclonal antibody as an immunohistochemical marker for intestinal T-cell lymphomas: and (ii) the lack of reactivity of HML-1 with nodal peripheral T-cell lymphomas. Moreover, expression of the HML-1 molecule was found for the first time in a case of T-lymphoblastic lymphoma/leukaemia. The patient presented with a mediastinal mass which consisted of HML-1 + neoplastic cells displaying a phenotypic profile consistent with early thymocytes. Genes coding for the alpha, beta, gamma and delta chains of the T-cell receptor were in a germline configuration. The neoplastic cells could have been derived from the small subset of HML-1 + thymocytes detectable in the cortex of normal human thymus.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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