Autoimmune neutropenia in multiple myeloma and the role of clonal T-cell expansion: evidence of cross-talk between B-cell and T-cell lineages?

Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk. 2014 Feb;14(1):e19-23. doi: 10.1016/j.clml.2013.08.002. Epub 2013 Oct 30.

Authors

Madan Raj Aryal¹, Vijaya Raj Bhatt², Pavankumar Tandra², Jairam Krishnamurthy², Ji Yuan³, Timothy C Greiner³, Mojtaba Akhtari⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Reading Health System, West Reading, PA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
³ Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. Electronic address: mojtaba.akhtari@unmc.edu.

PMID: 24183500
DOI: 10.1016/j.clml.2013.08.002

No abstract available

Keywords: Anti-neutrophil antibody; Filgrastim; T-cell receptor gene rearrangement; T-lymphocyte.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Autoimmune Diseases / immunology*
B-Lymphocytes / immunology*
Cell Lineage / immunology*
Clone Cells / immunology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Myeloma / immunology*
Neutropenia / immunology*
T-Lymphocytes / immunology*