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Expression of selected adhesion molecules of the integrin and immunoglobulin family was investigated on CD 34+ leukemic cells in 19 AML and 11 ALL cases to evaluate phenotypic differences in adhesive properties of malignant hematopoietic precursor cells in comparison to normal bone marrow CD 34+ cells. Of the β2-integrin family, CD 11a was expressed on > 50% of CD 34+ cells in normal bone marrow and almost all leukemias, whereas CD 11 b and CD 11 c were not expressed on CD 34+ cells in normal bone marrow, but were found on CD 34+ blasts in some leukemias of a heterogeneous immunophenotype. Of the β 1-family, CDw 49d (VLA-4) was strongly expressed on normal CD 34+ bone marrow cells and on the blasts of all 30 CD 34+ leukemic samples, whereas CDw 49 b (VLA-2) was absent on CD 34+ cells in normal bone marrow, but detected on CD 34+ cells in a few leukemias which did not constitute a clinical or phenotypic entity according to the FAB classification or immunocytological analysis. The lymphocyte-homing-associated adhesion molecule CD 44 (HCAM) and CD 58 (LFA-3) were expressed on CD 34+ cells in all investigated cases of normal and leukemic bone marrow. ICAM-1 (CD 54), the inducible receptor ligand for CD 11 a/CD 18, although present on CD 34+ cells in normal bone marrow, was lacking on blast cells of some ALL and AML cases. So far, the variable expression of β2-integrins as well as of VLA-2 and of ICAM-1 could indicate distinct differences in cell-cell or cell-matrix adhesion of leukemic cells in ALL and AML patients.
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Reuss-Borst, M.A., Bühring, H.J., Klein, G. et al. Adhesion molecules on CD 34+ hematopoietic cells in normal human bone marrow and leukemia. Ann Hematol 65, 169–174 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01703110
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