GM-CSF and eosinophil chemotactic factors in an acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient with eosinophilia

Acta Haematol. 1993;90(3):144-7. doi: 10.1159/000204396.

Abstract

We describe a patient with common acute lymphoblastic leukemia associated with blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) eosinophilia. Serum obtained at onset and conditioned medium prepared from T cells obtained at remission stimulated with interleukin-2 contained eosinophil colony stimulating activity (Eo-CSA), which was confirmed to be predominantly GM-CSF. Leukemic cell conditioned medium and serum obtained at remission contained no Eo-CSA. The CSF contained increased eosinophil chemotactic activity, however, this factor was not identified.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chemotactic Factors, Eosinophil / blood*
  • Eosinophilia / blood*
  • Eosinophilia / complications
  • Female
  • Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / blood*
  • Humans
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / blood*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications

Substances

  • Chemotactic Factors, Eosinophil
  • Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor