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. 1988 May;131(2):331–338.

Rearrangement of immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor genes in Hodgkin's disease.

M S Roth 1, B Schnitzer 1, E L Bingham 1, C E Harnden 1, D M Hyder 1, D Ginsburg 1
PMCID: PMC1880587  PMID: 3358458

Abstract

The precise cellular origin of the malignant cell population in Hodgkin's disease (HD) is unknown. Recent application of Southern blotting techniques to detect clonal rearrangements of immunoglobulin (Ig) and T-cell receptor (TCR) genes has yielded conflicting results. The authors report the detailed analysis of tumor tissue DNA obtained from 18 cases of HD using Ig and TCR gene probes. The distribution of HD subtypes was similar to that in other series. Samples were examined for rearrangement by means of multiple restriction enzymes with specific probes for the Ig heavy chain, Ig kappa, Ig lambda, TCR beta, and TCR gamma loci. Only germline bands were detected in all 18 cases with the Ig gene probes and in 15 of 18 cases with the TCR probes. In 2 cases blot analysis suggested a predominance of polyclonal (or oligoclonal) T cells. In 1 case monoclonal rearrangement of the TCR beta gene was detected. Based on the intensity of the rearrangement and the small percentage of Reed-Sternberg (R-S) cells in this case, the clonal population detected was most likely not the R-S cell itself. The data do not support the frequent occurrence of Ig or TCR monoclonal gene rearrangement in HD.

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