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SJ Knox, BR Greenberg, RW Anderson and LS Rosenblatt
Tritiated thymidine incorporation in a whole blood lymphocyte stimulation
test (LST) and lymphocyte colony formation (CFU-L) from whole blood were
measured following in vitro x-irradiation. Lymphocytes from patients with
myelodysplastic disorders, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, and patients at
increased risk for leukemia because of their primary disease and/or
cytotoxic therapy were found to be significantly more sensitive to in vitro
x-irradiation than lymphocytes from clinically normal individuals. Cloning
efficiencies and mitogenic responsiveness of patient lymphocytes were
significantly depressed as compared to normal values. Using monoclonal
antibodies to specific surface markers, quantitative abnormalities in
lymphocytic subpopulations from myelodysplastic patients also were
observed. These findings are suggestive of a defect at the T-cell level
that may directly or indirectly affect hematopoiesis.
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