title: "Plasmacytoid T cells" in Castleman's disease. Immunohistologic phenotype.
abstract: Plasmacytoid T cells in two cases of Castleman's disease were stained with a panel of monoclonal antibodies to hematopoietic cell-associated antigens, using an immunoperoxidase technique on frozen sections. The immunohistologic phenotype of these cells was T4/Leu-3+, HLA-DR+, T1/Leu-1-, T3/Leu-4-, T8/Leu-2-, T11/Leu-5-, B1-, B2-, Leu-14-, Ig-, CALLA-, OKM1-, Leu-M1-. In contrast to plasma cells of B lineage, plasmacytoid T cells were T200+, T10-. The phenotype was similar to that of two previously reported lymphomas of plasmacytoid T cells. Plasmacytoid T cells appear to be a unique subset of lymphoid cells, whose function remains to be established.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D005871:Castleman Disease / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D006649:Histocompatibility Antigens