1.Minimal residual disease positive acute B lymphocytic leukemia: immunophenotyping analyses of 106 cases
Jianfeng ZHOU ; Yulan CHU ; Yunfeng ZHONG ; Chunru XIE ; Chao WANG ; Juan CHANG ; Xiaodong JIA ; Jianchun CHEN ; Yan LI
Journal of Leukemia & Lymphoma 2019;28(1):43-46
Objective To analyze the immunophenotypic characteristics of the patients with minimal residual disease (MRD) positive acute B lymphocytic leukemia (B-ALL). Methods The leukemia-associated immunophenotype (LAIP) of 106 cases with MRD positive B-ALL from Department of Hematology, Tianjin KingMed Diagnois Center between June 2014 and January 2016 were retrospectively analyzed. CD10, CD13/CD33, CD19, CD38, CD58, CD45 and other antibodies were used to analyze the MRD of B-ALL. Results All the patients were positive for CD19. CD34 was negatively or weakly positive expressed in 27 cases (25.4%). CD10 was negatively or weakly positive expressed in 23 cases (21.7%). CD10 was strongly positive in 24 cases (22.6%). Totally, CD10 was weakly or strongly expressed in 47 cases (44.3%). CD58 was strongly positive in 98 cases (92.5%). CD13/CD33 was positively or weakly positive expressed in 64 cases (60.4%). CD38 was negative or weakly expressed in 33 cases (31.1%). CD45 was negative in 21 cases (19.8%). 15 cases (14.1%) were positive for 6 types of LAIP; 30 (28.3%) cases were positive for 5 types of LAIP; 42 (39.6%) cases were positive for 4 types of LAIP; 13 (12.3%) cases were positive for 3 types of LAIP;5 cases (4.7%) were positive for 2 types of LAIP; only one case (0.9%) was positive for 1 type of LAIP. Conclusion The combination of CD58, CD13/CD33, CD10, CD38 and CD34 antibodies can distinguish the neoplastic blast/immature B lymphocytes from progenitor B cells. This strategy has a high accuracy for the judgement of MRD in B-ALL.