Laboratory Medicine ›› 2016, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 387-391.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2016.05.010

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Changes of CD3+,CD3+CD4+ and CD3+CD8+T lymphocytes before and after treatment in patients with leukemia and their significance

YUAN Yongming1, CHENG Li1, ZHANG Shu2, PENG Xianchong2, QU Bin3   

  1. 1.Department of Clinical Laboratory,Dahua Hospital,Shanghai 200237,China
    2. Shanghai Huizhong Cell Biology Science and Technology Co. ,Ltd.,Shanghai 201615,China
    3. Department of Clinical Laboratory,Ruijin Hospital,Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine,Shanghai 200025,China
  • Received:2016-03-14 Online:2016-05-30 Published:2016-06-13

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the changes of T lymphocyte subsets (CD3+,CD3+CD4+,CD3+CD8+T cells) in peripheral blood before and after treatment in patients with leukemia and their significance. Methods SemiBio Slide assay was used to determine 100 leukemia patients [45 cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia(ALL) and 55 cases of non-acute lymphoblastic leukemia (N-ALL)] and 90 healthy subjects(healthy control group) for peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets as absolute value. Simultaneously,IgG,IgA and IgM were determined. According to remission after treatment,the patients with leukemia were classified into remission group(48 cases,21 cases of ALL and 27 cases of N-ALL) and non-remission group(52 cases,24 cases of ALL and 28 cases of N-ALL). Results In ALL group and N-ALL group,peripheral blood CD3+and CD3+CD4+T cell absolute values,CD3+CD4+/CD3+CD8+ratio,IgG,IgA and IgM levels were significantly lower than those in healthy control group(P<0.05). CD3+CD8+T cell absolute values were slightly higher than those in healthy control group,but there was no statistical significance(P>0.05). Whether it is ALL or N-ALL,after treatment, CD3+and CD3+CD4+T cell absolute values,CD3+CD4+/CD3+CD8+ratio,IgG,IgA and IgM in remission group was significantly higher than those before treatment (P<0.05),which were close to those in healthy control group (P>0.05). There was no statistical significance in non-remission group between before and after treatment(P>0.05). Conclusions The determination of T lymphocyte subsets (CD3+,CD3+CD4+,CD3+CD8+T cells) using absolute values has certain significance for disease monitoring and prognosis in leukemia patients.

Key words: T lymphocyte subsets, Absolute values, Leukemia, Immune function

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