L-AND-H VARIANTS OF REED-STERNBERG CELLS EXPRESS SIALYLATED LEU M1 ANTIGEN

  • 1 February 1986
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 122  (2) , 199-203
Abstract
Anti-Leu M1 generally does not stain the lymphocytic and histocytic (L and H) variants of Reed-Sternberg cells in the lymphocyte predominant type of Hodgkin''s disease. However, the authors found that after neuraminidase treatment for removal of sialic acid, the L and H cells in more than half of the cases studied could be stained by anti-Leu M1. This result strongly suggests that L and H cells differ from the Reed-Sternberg cells in other types of Hodgkin''s disease in their unique capacity to sialylate the 150-kd Leu M1 antigen.