title: High frequency of Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein-1 expression in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related Ki-1 (CD30)-positive anaplastic large-cell lymphomas. Italian Cooperative Group on AIDS and Tumors.
abstract: Immunohistochemical detection of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded latent membrane protein-1 (LMP-1) was used to identify EBV-associated Ki-1-positive anaplastic large-cell (ALC) lymphomas occurring in 11 patients with and 29 patients without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. In addition, 18 representative cases of other acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related lymphomas and 66 cases of Hodgkin's disease, including 14 patients with HIV infection, were investigated. In patients with HIV infection, LMP-1 was found more frequently in Ki-1-positive ALC lymphomas than in other histotypes, although the difference in EBV association between Ki-1-positive ALC and other lymphomas was not significant. In these patients, the percentage of LMP-1 expressing Ki-1-positive ALC lymphomas was significantly higher than that found in patients without HIV infection (72.7% vs. 24.1%; P < .01), thus suggesting an etiologic role for EBV in a large proportion of AIDS-related Ki-1-positive ALC lymphomas. Moreover, the frequency of LMP-1 expression in Hodgkin's disease cases (71.4% in patients with and 21.1% in patients without HIV infection) was close to that found in Ki-1-positive ALC lymphoma cases, supporting the view that the higher frequency of EBV association with both entities detected in patients with HIV infection may be AIDS-related.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pathology, Istituto Nazionale di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Aviano Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carbone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gloghini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Volpe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boiocchi
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tirelli
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016483:Lymphoma, AIDS-Related / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D017728:Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Anaplastic / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C037662:EBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virus; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins