Severe deficiency of B lymphocytes in peripheral blood from multiple myeloma patients.
AUTOR(ES)
Pilarski, L M
RESUMO
A major problem in the assessment of circulating B lymphocytes in multiple myeloma is the extent to which cells with passively absorbed Ig contribute to the assay. We have analyzed peripheral blood B cell numbers in 51 patients in various treatment categories by using an assay that is not subject to artifacts involving cytophilic Ig. We have defined a B lymphocyte by three different criteria (a) expression of a high surface density of Ig (b) expression of a high density of HLA.DR and (c) expression of a marker exclusive to surface Ig+ B cells. By these criteria, normal individuals have an average of 6% B cells. In multiple myeloma patients, B cell levels in purified mononuclear cell preparations are severely reduced. Untreated patients and the majority of patients on intermittent chemotherapy have 20-600-fold fewer B cells than do normal donors (average = 0.3%). This decrease was even greater in whole blood of patients as compared with normal donors (100-1,000-fold fewer B cells). The number of B cells did not correlate with disease status or paraprotein concentration. We found no evidence to support the idea that B lymphocytes in patients include a substantial monoclonal subset.
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