title: Immunohistological analysis of the immunoreactivity of normal lymphoid cells and lymphomas with the monoclonal antibody OPD4.
abstract: OPD4 is a recently described monoclonal antibody that recognizes a fixation-resistant 200 kD antigen restricted to a subset of T cells. Immunolabelling with OPD4 in paraffin sections of normal lymphoid tissues and cases of malignant lymphoma was compared with that of other antibodies in common use, including the T-cell restricted antibodies MT1 and UCHL1 and the B-cell restricted antibodies MB1, F8-11-13, and L26. OPD4 showed similar immunoreactivity to UCHL1 in normal tissues. OPD4 did not stain Reed-Sternberg cells in Hodgkin's disease. In non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, OPD4, like UCHL1, reacted with only 2/22 B-cell lymphomas. OPD4 was, however, less useful as a marker of T-cell lymphomas, staining only 11/32 cases, while UCHL1 stained 22/32 cases. We conclude that OPD4 is not a useful antibody for the routine diagnosis of T-cell lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Edinburgh University Medical School, U.K.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Grady
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Blaikie
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Howie
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Salter
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Krajewski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002648:Child; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000276:immunology*; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology*; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000276:immunology; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal