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High and low Fc IgG-receptor expression in human chronic granulocytic leukaemia cells

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Discontinuous density-gradient centrifugation was used to separate chronic granulocytic leukaemia (CGL) cells in the chronic phase and blast crisis (BC) into fractions containing granulocytes in individual stages of maturation. The occurrence of the Fc IgG (FcR) and complement-component receptors (CR1 and CR2) in each fraction was estimated. It was established that, with increasing yields of mature granulocytes, the proportion of cells bearing Fc and C3 receptors increased. The most important finding was that the high- and low-receptor categories of CGL cells in chronic phase depended on the percentage of FcR+ cells. In the high-receptor CGL group, in addition to FcR, the proportion of CR1+ and CR2+ cells was also greater than in the low-receptor CGL group. Some differences in clinical course of both immunological CGL groups were observed.

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Harłozińska, A., Potomski, J., Lawinska, B. et al. High and low Fc IgG-receptor expression in human chronic granulocytic leukaemia cells. Br J Cancer 45, 194–200 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1982.33

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