BACKGROUND In nodal anaplastic large cell lymphoma, strong expression of galectin-3 (Gal-3) has been found, but only very few cases of primary cutaneous lymphoma have so far been examined. OBJECTIVES To investigate 11 primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphomas (PCALCL), 47 lymphomatoid papuloses (LYP) and 14 cases of transformed mycosis fungoides with CD30 expression (MF-T) for Gal-3 e...

PTPN22 encodes the lymphoid tyrosine phosphatase (LYP) and is the second strongest non-HLA genetic risk factor for type 1 diabetes. The PTPN22 susceptibility allele generates an LYP variant with an arginine-to-tryptophan substitution at position 620 (R620W) that has been reported by several studies to impart a gain of function. However, a recent report investigating both human cells and a knock...

DEAR EDITOR, I read with interest the recent report by Haus et al. about a patient who developed two lesions of lymphomatoid papulosis (LyP) on the red parts of a tattoo. However, their report deserves a few comments. Many reported pseudolymphomas on tattoos involve T cells or both T and B cells, and are not attributed ‘mainly’ to B cells, as described in the manuscript. To date, Sangueza et al...

T lymphocytes from Gimap5lyp/lyp rats carrying a recessive mutation in the GTPase of immune-associated protein 5 (Gimap5) gene undergo spontaneous apoptosis. Molecular mechanisms underlying this survival defect are not yet clear. We have shown that Gimap5lyp/lyp T lymphocytes display reduced calcium influx following T cell antigen receptor (TCR) stimulation that was associated with impaired buf...

Tumor-homing peptides with tissue-penetrating properties increase the efficacy of targeted cancer therapy by delivering an anticancer agent to the tumor interior. LyP-1 (CGNKRTRGC) and iRGD (CRGDKGPDC) are founding members of this class of peptides. The presence of the cysteines forming the cyclizing disulfide bond complicates conjugation of these peptides with other molecules, such as drugs. H...

Density functional theory(DFT) and Hartree-Fock(HF) calculations are reported for the family of transition metal fluorides ScF3, TiF4, VF5, and CrF6. Both HF and the local-density-aproximation (LDA) yield excellent agreement with experimental bond lengths, while the B-LYP gradient-corrected density functional gives bond lengths 0.04 − 0.05 Å too long. An investigation of various combinations of...

A human malignant melanoma cell line (M3Dau) was observed by electron microscopy to interact directly with human platelets and induced platelet aggregation. Fab fragments of a monoclonal antibody MoAb (LYP18), directed against the platelet glycoprotein (GP) IIb-IIIa complex, inhibited platelet-melanoma interactions and platelet-platelet aggregation. M3Dau melanoma cells bind LYP 18 and synthesi...

Primary cutaneous anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (pcALCL) is part of a spectrum of CD30+ primary cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders (pcLPDs) that also includes lymphomatoid papulosis (LyP). Localized radiotherapy at doses of 34 to 44 Gy is first-line treatment of pcALCL, but the use of low-dose radiotherapy for pcALCL has not been reported. We present the case of a patient with a history o...

The diagnosis of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) requires accurate histopathology, including immunocytochemistry, as well as careful clinical appraisal and analysis for T-cell clonality. This paper reviews the key histologic features of mycosis fungoides (MF) and its variants, and of lymphomatoid papulosis (LyP). Mycosis fungoides is an epidermotropic CTCL that evolves through distinct disease...