Diagnosis of paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria by phenotypic analysis of erythrocytes using two-colour flow cytometry with monoclonal antibodies to DAF and CD59/MACIF

Autor: Chokichi Hashimoto, Tsutomu Shichishima, Hitoshi Ohto, Yukio Maruyama, Takashi Terasawa, Yurie Saitoh
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: British journal of haematology. 85(2)
ISSN: 0007-1048
Popis: Summary We investigated the relationship between the complement lysis sensitivity test and two-colour flow cyto-metric analysis using monoclonal antibodies to decay accelerating factor (DAF) and CD59/membrane attack complex inhibitory factor (MACIF) in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH) and other haematological diseases. Flow cytometry showed that all 59 PNH patients had two or three erythrocyte populations, while all 74 patients with other haematological diseases and all 31 healthy volunteers had a single erythrocyte population. We compared the percentage of PNH III erythrocytes in the lysis test with the percentage of negative cells shown by flow cytometry in 52 PNH patients, and found a significant correlation (r=0–960, P
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