title: Expression of the Ig-associated heterodimer (mb-1 and B29) in Hodgkin's disease.
abstract: Eighty-three cases of Hodgkin's disease were studied immunocytochemically for the presence of the Ig associated heterodimer (mb-1 and B29) which is believed to be a specific pan B-cell marker. These results were compared with those achieved using other B-cell markers against CD19, CD20 and CD22. Although a small number of cases of nodular sclerosis and mixed cellularity subtype showed positivity for CD19, CD20 or CD22, no case showed any reactivity with antibodies against mb-1 or B29. This contrasted markedly with the cases of lymphocyte predominance where all seven cases expressed one or more of the B-cell antigens, with six cases being positive for mb-1. These results confirm previous studies that have suggested lymphocyte-predominance Hodgkin's disease is of B-cell origin and different from the other subtypes. However, they do not provide support for the thesis that these other subtypes may also have a B-cell origin, albeit with a different phenotype to lymphocyte predominance.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Pathology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kuzu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Delsol
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Gatter
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Mason
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte / Q000378:metabolism; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015415:Biomarkers; D051925:CD79 Antigens; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte; D015415:Biomarkers; D051925:CD79 Antigens; C497881:CD79A protein, human; C497883:CD79B protein, human; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell