Title : Ultrastructural, immunologic and clinical follow-up of five patients with HCL treated with interferon (IFN) for more than three years.

Pub. Date : 1992 Jul-Aug

PMID : 1427443






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1 Ultrastructural, immunologic and clinical follow-up of five patients with HCL treated with interferon (IFN) for more than three years. Hydrochloric Acid interferon alpha 1 Homo sapiens
2 BACKGROUND: Treatment results in HCl have been improved by the use of alpha-IFN, which is now the standard first-line therapy for this disease, but the mechanism of IFN action is still unclear. Hydrochloric Acid interferon alpha 1 Homo sapiens
3 BACKGROUND: Treatment results in HCl have been improved by the use of alpha-IFN, which is now the standard first-line therapy for this disease, but the mechanism of IFN action is still unclear. Hydrochloric Acid interferon alpha 1 Homo sapiens
4 METHODS: We assessed the phenotype membrane and ultrastructural changes induced in HCs by long-term alpha-IFN treatment in five pts with HCL; membrane-bound Il 2-R on PHA-stimulated PBL, the release of IL 2-R by PHA-stimulated PBL and the serum levels of s-IL 2-R were also determined in one pt. Hydrochloric Acid interferon alpha 1 Homo sapiens
5 RESULTS: The surface immunological phenotype, mainly the HCL-related surface antigen CD25, changed after IFN treatment, dropping from abnormally high to normal values. Hydrochloric Acid interferon alpha 1 Homo sapiens