The PNH phenotype cells that emerge in most patients after CAMPATH‐1H therapy are present prior to treatment
The PNH phenotype cells that emerge in most patients after CAMPATH‐1H therapy are present prior to treatment
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大多数患者在 CAMPATH-1H 治疗后出现的 PNH 表型细胞在治疗前就已存在
作者:
C. A.;Raws Tron;J. S.;R. Inson;S.;Richards;A.;English;J. G;Morgan;G.;Hale
Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) cells are deficient in glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) linked antigens due to a somatic mutation of the PIG‐A gene in a haemopoietic stem cell. It appears that a PNH clone reaches detectable proportions only when there is selection in its favour. GPI‐deficient T lymphocytes have been identified in patients treated with CAMPATH‐1H, a monoclonal antibody against the GPI‐linked CD52 molecule. CAMPATH‐1H selects for cells that are deficient in CD52 (such as PNH‐like cells) promoting the development of a PNH‐like clone (analogous to PNH). We report that 10/15 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia developed PNH‐like lymphocytes after therapy with CAMPATH‐1H. The remaining five patients developed no PNH‐like cells at any stage, including one patient who received 12 weeks of therapy. The inactivating PIG‐A mutation has been identified in one patient. This mutation was detectable by an extremely sensitive mutation‐specific PCR‐based analysis in the patient's mononuclear cells prior to CAMPATH‐1H therapy. The frequency and phenotype of GPI‐deficient lymphocytes after CAMPATH‐1H and the detection of a PIG‐A mutation in the lymphocytes prior to CAMPATH‐1H therapy indicated that such mutations were present in a very small proportion of cells prior to selection in their favour by CAMPATH‐1H. This suggests that a large proportion of individuals have cells with PIG‐A mutations that are not detectable by flow cytometry and thus may have the potential to develop PNH.
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2.9
作者:
Yomtovian,R;Prince,GM;Medof,ME
通讯作者:
Medof,ME