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Seroreactivity to LGL leukemia-specific epitopes in aplastic anemia, myelodysplastic syndrome and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria: Results of a bone marrow failure consortium study

  • Susan Bell Nyland
  • , Daniel J. Krissinger
  • , Michael J. Clemente
  • , Rosalyn B. Irby
  • , Kendall Thomas Baab
  • , Nancy Ruth Jarbadan
  • , Lubomir Sokol
  • , Eric Schaefer
  • , Jason Liao
  • , David Cuthbertson
  • , Pearlie Epling-Burnette
  • , Ronald Paquette
  • , Alan F. List
  • , Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski
  • , Thomas P. Loughran

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Abstract

Large granular lymphocyte (LGL) leukemia is characterized by clonal expansion of antigen-activated cytotoxic T cells (CTL). Patients frequently exhibit seroreactivity against a human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) epitope, BA21. Aplastic anemia, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and myelodysplastic syndrome are bone marrow failure diseases that can also be associated with similar aberrant CTL activation (LGL-BMF). We identified a BA21 peptide that was specifically reactive with LGL leukemia sera and found significantly elevated antibody reactivity against the same peptide in LGL-BMF sera. This finding of shared seroreactivity in LGL-BMF conditions and LGL leukemia suggests that these diseases might share a common pathogenesis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)581-587
Number of pages7
JournalLeukemia Research
Volume36
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2012

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Hematology
  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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