1. Immunohistochemistry as a valuable tool to assess CD30 expression in peripheral T-cell lymphomas: high correlation with mRNA levels
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Richard Delarue, Marie Parrens, Céline Bossard, Maria Pamela Dobay, Olivier Tournilhac, Bettina Fabiani, Antoine Martin, Edoardo Missiaglia, Laurence Lamant, Mauro Delorenzi, Corinne Haioun, Laurence de Leval, and Philippe Gaulard
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Immunoconjugates ,CD30 ,T cell ,Immunology ,Ki-1 Antigen ,Biology ,Biochemistry ,Correlation ,immune system diseases ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,medicine ,Humans ,RNA, Messenger ,Brentuximab Vedotin ,Messenger RNA ,integumentary system ,Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral ,Reproducibility of Results ,Cell Biology ,Hematology ,Molecular biology ,Immunohistochemistry ,Peripheral ,Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Mrna level ,Cancer research ,Drug Monitoring/methods ,Immunoconjugates/therapeutic use ,Immunohistochemistry/methods ,Immunohistochemistry/standards ,Ki-1 Antigen/genetics ,Ki-1 Antigen/metabolism ,Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral/drug therapy ,Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral/genetics ,Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral/metabolism ,RNA, Messenger/metabolism ,DNA microarray ,Drug Monitoring - Abstract
The extended use of Brentuximab-Vedotin was reported for CD30+ non-anaplastic peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCLs) with promising efficacy. CD30 status assessment is thus a critical factor for therapeutic decision, but the reliability of immunohistochemistry in evaluating its expression remains to be defined. This prompted us to investigate the correlation between semi-quantitative CD30 protein assessment by immunohistochemistry and mRNA assessment by microarrays, in a cohort of 376 non-cutaneous PTCLs representative of the main entities. By immunohistochemistry, CD30 expression was heterogeneous across and within entities, and significantly associated with large tumor cell size. In addition to 100% anaplastic large cell lymphomas, 57% of other PTCL entities were CD30-positive at a 5% threshold. CD30 protein expression was highly correlated to mRNA levels. mRNA levels were bimodal, separating high from low CD30-expressing PTCL cases. We conclude that immunohistochemistry is a valuable tool in clinical practice to assess CD30 expression in PTCLs.
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- 2014