Cytological Diagnosis of Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma (ATLL) in Sputum
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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL)
Pathogenesis of the disease: ATLL is associated with HTLV-1 infection of the tumour clone in 100% of the cases. The interval between HTLV-1 infection and the onset of lymphoma is long (10-40 years) and only <5% of infected people actually develops the disease. HTLV-1 produces a trans-regulatory protein (Tax) inducing interleukin-2 (IL-2) and IL-2 receptor expression and consequent polyclonal CD...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1943-7722,0002-9173
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/142.suppl1.067