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Kinetics of lymphocytes in Hodgkin's disease

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Lymphocyte kinetics was studied in 4 patients withHodgkin's disease (Stage III A and IV B) by means of a single i. v. injection of3H-thymidine (0.15 μCi/g body weight) and autoradiographic analysis of the labelling pattern of blood and tissue lymphocytes over a period of 7–25 days.

The cause of the blood lymphocytopenia in the three lymphopenic patients was the accelerated turnover of the majority of the blood lymphocytes. The average turn-over time of the blood lymphocytes in these patients was about 5 days as compared to 27 days in aHodgkin patient without lymphopenia and to 50 days in non-lymphopenic tumour patients. The turnover times of the small blood lymphocytes were about 14 days in the lymphopenic Hodgkin patients and 70–115 days in hematologically normal patients. Lymphocytopoiesis seemed to be increased in the lymph nodes and in the blood inHodgkin's disease. The blood lymphocyte production index was was 61–259 lymphocytes/mm3/day as compared to 40–50 lymphocytes/mm3/day in hematologically normal patients. The generation time of the lymphopoietic cells was estimated to be approximately 24 hours.

Our data suggest that the activity of the disease was correlated with accelerated turnover of lymphocytes and increased lymphocytopoiesis.

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Bei 4 Patienten mit Lymphogranulomatose (Stadium III A und IV B) wurde die Kinetik von Blut- und Gewebslymphozyten nach einer Einzelinjektion von3H-Thymidin autoradiographisch untersucht.

Bei den 3 lymphopenischen Patienten war die Lymphopenie des Blutes durch einen gesteigerten Umsatz der Blutlymphozyten bedingt. Die mittlere Umsatzzeit der Blutlymphozyten betrug bei diesen Patienten 5 Tage, verglichen mit einer mittleren Umsatzzeit von 27 Tagen bei einem Lymphogranulom-Patienten ohne Lymphopenie und von etwa 50 Tagen bei nicht-lymphopenischen Tumorpatienten. Die mittlere Umsatzzeit der kleinen Blutlymphozyten wurde bei den lymphopenischen Lymphogranulomatose-Patienten mit 14 Tagen und bei nicht-lymphopenischen Tumorpatienten mit 70–115 Tagen berechnet. Die Lymphozytopoese bei den Lymphogranulomatose-Patienten war erhöht. Das galt gleichermaßen für die vergrößerten Lymphknoten und das Blut. Der Blutlymphozyten-Produktionsindex betrug 61-259 Lymphozyten/mm3/Tag im Vergleich zu 40–50 Lymphozyten/mm3/Tag bei hämatologisch normalen Patienten. Die Generationszeit der lymphopoetischen Zellen ließ sich auf 24 Stunden schätzen.

Die Befunde weisen darauf hin, daß bei der Lymphogranulomatose die Aktivität des Krankheitsprozesses mit gesteigertem Lymphozytenumsatz und stimulierter Lymphozytopoese korreliert ist.

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Research carried out in the Forschergruppe für Experimentelle und Klinische Leukämieforschung, supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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Schick, P., Trepel, F., Theml, H. et al. Kinetics of lymphocytes in Hodgkin's disease. Blut 27, 223–235 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01637435

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