Abstract
Immune dysfunction attributed to hypogammaglobulinaemia is common in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and infection is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality. A higher incidence of multiple immunoglobulin and immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclass deficiency was associated with more advanced disease (P < 0·001 and P < 0·001, respectively) in a cohort of 147 CLL patients. Multiple immunoglobulin and IgG subclass deficiency were significantly associated with shorter treatment-free survival (TFS) (P < 0·001 and P = 0·006, respectively). The association between disease stage and immune dysfunction demonstrated by these data suggest aspects of immune deficiency correlate with disease severity and may be associated with shorter TFS in CLL.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 97-101 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | British Journal of Haematology |
Volume | 181 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2018 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Aged Disease-Free Survival Female Humans *IgG Deficiency/blood/immunology/mortality/therapy *Immunity, Humoral *Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/blood/immunology/mortality/therapy Male Middle Aged Survival Rate *chronic lymphocytic leukaemia *immunoglobulin *immunoglobulin G subclasses *survival
- chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
- immunoglobulin
- survival
- immunoglobulin G subclasses