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  • Title: Absence of CD26 expression on skin-homing CLA+ CD4+ T lymphocytes in peripheral blood is a highly sensitive marker for early diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of patients with Sézary syndrome.
    Author: Sokolowska-Wojdylo M, Wenzel J, Gaffal E, Steitz J, Roszkiewicz J, Bieber T, Tüting T.
    Journal: Clin Exp Dermatol; 2005 Nov; 30(6):702-6. PubMed ID: 16197392.
    Abstract:
    Patients with Sézary syndrome (SS) show clonal expansion in the peripheral blood of skin-homing CD4+ T-helper cells expressing cutaneous lymphocyte antigen (CLA). However, an increase of CLA+ CD4+ T cells can also be observed in various inflammatory dermatoses. To facilitate early diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of SS using flow cytometry, we evaluated the expression of CD7 and CD26 on the CLA+ CD4+ lymphocyte subset. Peripheral lymphocytes from 7 patients with SS, 16 patients with mycosis fungoides (MF) and 11 healthy controls were analysed by flow cytometry for the expression of CD4, CD7, CD26, CLA and CCR4. In addition, a longitudinal study was performed over 16 months in two patients with SS. Absence of CD7 and CD26 on CLA+ CD4+ T cells was highly specific for SS. Importantly, the absence of CD26 on CLA+ CD4+ T cells was very sensitive for SS, at 100% in our patient cohort. The number of CD26- CLA+ CD4+ T cells closely correlated with therapeutic interventions in the longitudinal analysis of two patients over more than 1 year. We conclude that the absence of CD26 expression on skin-homing CLA+ CD4+ T-helper cells is a very sensitive and highly specific parameter for early diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of patients with SS.
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