title: Detection of a soluble form of the receptor for interleukin 2 in the serum of patients with hairy cell leukaemia.
abstract: The sera of patients with hairy cell leukaemia (HCL) contain a factor which inhibits the binding of anti-IL-2R antibody to its target (activated T lymphocytes). The presence of this factor, which probably corresponds to the soluble form of IL-2R (sIL-2R), can be easily detected using a simple immunocytochemical inhibition assay. In a series of patients with chronic lymphoproliferative diseases the presence of sIL-2R appeared to be specific for HCL, using the sensitivity of our test, since it could not be detected in sera from normal subjects and patients with B-cell lymphocytic leukaemia or Hodgkin's disease. Thus it might be used as an additional tool for characterizing HCL patients.
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000032:analysis*; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000032:analysis*; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2