title: Flow cytometric detection of residual disease in acute leukemia by assaying blasts co-expressing myeloid and lymphatic antigens.
abstract: A method employing CD45-gating of blast cells was evaluated for the flow cytometric detection of residual disease in CD19- and myeloid antigen-positive acute leukemia in morphologic remission. In the normal bone marrow, CD45-gating identified at least three populations of immature cells, one of which appeared to retain a minute fraction of CD19- and CD13/33-antigen co-expressing cells. In acute leukemia, CD45 expression separated the blast cell population from the normal marrow cell populations. In the majority of patients with CD19- and myeloid antigen-positive acute leukemia, subpopulations of blast cells with this mixed phenotype were detected during morphologic remission.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Syrjälä
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Anttila
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ruutu
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Jansson
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis*; D018941:Antigens, CD19; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte / Q000032:analysis; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic / Q000032:analysis; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000276:immunology; D018826:CD13 Antigens; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000276:immunology*; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology*; D063268:Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 3
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D018941:Antigens, CD19; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; C571163:CD33 protein, human; D063268:Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 3; D017493:Leukocyte Common Antigens; D018826:CD13 Antigens