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T-Cell Frequencies In MCL Are Of Prognostic Importance In a Large Population-Based Cohort

Mantle cell lymphoma is a non-Hodgkin lymphoma with, in general, a poor prognosis. A minor subset of patients with an indolent disease course has however been recognized (1,2). The various growth patterns of MCL, i.e. mantle zone (MZ), nodular (N) or diffuse (D) is assumed to correlate to stage and...

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Published in:Blood 2013-11, Vol.122 (21), p.1787-1787
Main Authors: Nygren, Lina, Baumgartner-Wennerholm, Stefanie, Åsa, Jeppson-Ahlberg, Klimkowska, Monika, Wasik, Agata M, Andersson, Patrik, Buhrkuhl, Daren, Christensson, Birger, Wahlin, Björn Engelbrekt, Kimby, Eva, Sander, Birgitta
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Summary:Mantle cell lymphoma is a non-Hodgkin lymphoma with, in general, a poor prognosis. A minor subset of patients with an indolent disease course has however been recognized (1,2). The various growth patterns of MCL, i.e. mantle zone (MZ), nodular (N) or diffuse (D) is assumed to correlate to stage and to disease course. The genetic aberrations underlying the pathogenesis are well defined and correlate to high tumour cell proliferation and poor prognosis. However, the effect of the lymphoma microenvironment in disease development and sustainability is largely unknown. We have used flow cytometry to investigate the non-malignant cell composition of the lymph node microenvironment in a population-based cohort of 154 MCL cases diagnosed from January 1, 1998 to December 31, 2012. Flow cytometry analyses of lymph nodes, performed as part of the diagnostic process, were used to evaluate percentages of tumour cells, remaining non-malignant B-cells and T-cell subsets (CD3+, CD3+CD4+, CD3+CD8+). As lymph node T-cell numbers reflect a high tumor load in the lymph node we also investigated the CD4/CD8 ratio, which is not dependent on T-cell percentage. Data from 26 non-malignant lymph nodes were used for comparison. T-cell percentages are shown in Table 1. Clinical and other pathological parameters of the MCL cases, including MIPI, cell morphology, tumor growth pattern and cell proliferation were also evaluated. Indolent disease (n=15), defined here as requirement of treatment > two years from diagnosis, was associated with higher amount of CD3, CD3+CD4+ and higher CD4/CD8 ratio (p=0.0429, p=0.0211 and p= 0.0032 respectively). Higher tumor cell proliferation correlated negatively with the CD4/CD8 ratio (p= 0.0007). There was a significant difference in CD3 percentages between reactive lymph nodes and MCL irrespective of growth pattern (all p
ISSN:0006-4971
1528-0020
DOI:10.1182/blood.V122.21.1787.1787