title: Tetramer Bence Jones protein in the immunoproliferative diseases. Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy, primary amyloidosis, and multiple myeloma.
abstract: The authors report the clinical features and the results of immunochemical studies of patients with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy, primary amyloidosis, and multiple myeloma, each of whom had in the serum and urine multiple forms of Bence Jones protein (BJP). The BJPs were isolated and purified and were shown by electrophoretic, gel filtration, and ultracentrifugal analyses to exist as tetramers and dimers. The components in two cases were kappa type and in one lambda type. The kappa tetramers consisted of two covalent dimers and the lambda tetramer two noncovalently bound dimers present in both serum and urine.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kosaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okagawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sugihara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Muto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D001536:Bence Jones Protein / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007119:Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000378:metabolism; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000378:metabolism; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000378:metabolism; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000032:analysis; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains; D001536:Bence Jones Protein