HUMAN THYMUS-LEUKEMIA-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN IN NORMAL AND LEUKEMIC-CELLS

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CHECHIK, BE [1 ]
PYKE, KW [1 ]
GELFAND, EW [1 ]
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[1] HOSP SICK CHILDREN, DEPT IMMUNOL, RES INST, TORONTO M5G 1X8, ONTARIO, CANADA
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10.1002/ijc.2910180502
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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A saline extractable human thymus/leukemia-associated antigen (HThy-L) was detected in immunodiffusion using rabbit antisera raised to human thymus extracts. HThy-L was demonstrated in extracts of normal thymocytes, lymphocytes from E[erythrocyte]-rosetting T[thymus-derived]-cell lines and from the blast cells of patients with E-rosetting acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Extracts of leukemic cells from patients with acute myeloblastic leukemia and E-rosette-negative acute lymphoblastic leukemia contained significantly lower quantities of HThy-L. Only trace amounts of the antigen were detected in normal spleen, tonsil, peripheral blood, bone marrow and PHA[phytohemagglutinin]-induced lymphoblasts. HThy-L appears to be an antigen associated with the intrathymic differentiation of human T cells and a marker of leukemic cells in certain forms of acute leukemia.
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