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Hypersensitivity to Mosquito Bites Conceals Clonal Lymphoproliferation of Epstein‐Barr Viral DNA‐positive Natural Killer Cells

In order to clarify the relationship between Epstein‐Barr (EB) virus and hypersensitivity to mosquito bites (HMB), and to search for the mechanism which induces EB virus‐associated lymphoproliferative diseases, we investigated patients with HMB, using hematological, immunological and virological tec...

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Autores principales: Ishihara, Shigehiko, Ohshima, Koichi, Tokura, Yoshiki, Yabuta, Reiko, Imaishi, Hidenori, Wakiguchi, Hiroshi, Kurashige, Takanobu, Kishimoto, Hiroshi, Katayama, Ichiro, Okada, Shintaro, Kawa‐Ha, Keisei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5921253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9045900
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1349-7006.1997.tb00305.x
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Sumario:In order to clarify the relationship between Epstein‐Barr (EB) virus and hypersensitivity to mosquito bites (HMB), and to search for the mechanism which induces EB virus‐associated lymphoproliferative diseases, we investigated patients with HMB, using hematological, immunological and virological techniques. Among 5 cases of HMB, CD56(+) cells had proliferated and CD3(+) cells were diminished in 4 cases. Although anti‐EB virus antibody titers were not consistent with chronic active EB virus infection, EB viral DNA was detected in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells in all 5 cases. Moreover, EB viral DNA‐positive cells had proliferated monoclonally in 4 cases, and hiclonally in 1 case. It was proved that most of the EB viral DNA existed in natural killer (NK) cells through polymerase chain reaction analysis. These findings suggest that the basis of HMB may be clonal lymphoproliferation of EB viral DNA‐positive NK cells and this hematological abnormality may induce the characteristic symptoms of HMB. In some cases, the proliferating NK cells can metamorphose into leukemic cells, and hemophagocytic syndrome, which has been assumed to be a complication of HMB, may then occur.