Monoclonal antibody-defined peripheral blood T lymphocyte subpopulations in patients with mycosis fungoides

Oncology. 1983;40(6):400-3. doi: 10.1159/000225773.

Abstract

A panel of monoclonal antibodies has been used to identify peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations in 13 patients with mycosis fungoides and in 13 normal subjects. An increase in the T6+ population and a decrease in the T8+ population were noticed in our patients. Their T4/T8 ratio was considerably augmented. In 4 patients reevaluated after treatment, marked changes in the relative proportions of T lymphocyte subsets had occurred. The possible pathogenetic significance of these immunological alterations is discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycosis Fungoides / drug therapy
  • Mycosis Fungoides / immunology*
  • PUVA Therapy
  • Probability
  • T-Lymphocytes / classification
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal