title: Host tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
abstract: Tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes (TIL-T) were quantitated by three color flow cytometry in cell suspensions from excisional biopsy specimens of 43 B cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) and 8 benign lymphoid hyperplasias (BLH) to identify potential differences in host T cell responses. We quantitated three TIL-T subsets: CD3+CD4+CD8- (helper-inducer), CD3+CD4-CD8+ (suppressor-cytotoxic) and CD3+CD25-HLADr+ (long term activated TIL-T) and compared them in three diagnostic groups: BLH, low grade B cell NHL (LG NHL) and intermediate-high grade B cell NHL (IG-HG NHL). The following results were obtained: Mean percentage +/- s.e. of activated TIL-T for BLH, LG-NHL and IG-HG NHL: 10.3 +/- 1.9, 23.2 +/- 4.6 and 38.8 +/- 9.5, respectively. Mean percentage +/- s.e. of suppressor-cytotoxic TIL-T for same groups: 13.9 +/- 1.5, 14.9 +/- 1.9 and 34.4 +/- 4.5, respectively. Mean percentage +/- s.e. of helper-inducer TIL-T cells for the same groups was 38.2 +/- 12.7, 32.1 +/- 7.2 and 22.5 +/- 4.6, respectively. Helper/suppressor ratio +/- s.e. for same groups was 3.0 +/- 1.1, 2.4 +/- 0.6 and 1.3 +/- 0.4, respectively. Activated and suppressor-cytotoxic TIL-T percentage progressively increased from BLH toward IG-HG NHL. The percentage of these two TIL-T subsets were significantly higher in IG-HG NHL than in BLH and LG-NHL (P < 0.0007, 0.0002, 0.0001 and 0.0260 for the comparisons TIL-T in BLH vs IG-HG NHL and LG-NHL vs IG-HG respectively).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors: Department of Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH.
authors: J I
authors: JI
authors: Diaz
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: Edinger
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Stoler
authors: R R
authors: RR
authors: Tubbs
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D016246:Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating; D008221:Lymphoid Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD