Intravenous immunoglobulins for neonatal alloimmune neutropenia refractory to recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.

Neonatal alloimmune neutropenia (NAN) results from neutrophil destruction by transplacental maternal neutrophil-specific immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies directed against the antigen inherited from the father. Treatment is usually based on recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and prevention or treatment of infection. We report the case of neutropenia in a newborn discovered because of fetomaternal infection.

Intrasinusoidal bone marrow infiltration: a common growth pattern for different lymphoma subtypes.

We report a retrospective immunohistochemical study on bone marrow biopsies of 43 patients with different types of lymphomas showing unusual intrasinusoidal infiltration. Most of these patients presented with splenomegaly (74.4%) and peripheral lymphocytosis (83%).

Spontaneous secretion of immunoglobulins and anti-HIV-1 antibodies by in vivo activated B lymphocytes from HIV-1-infected subjects: monocyte and natural killer cell requirement for in vitro terminal differentiation into plasma cells.

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from HIV-1-infected subjects secrete spontaneously in vitro immunoglobulins (Ig) and anti-HIV-1 antibodies (Ab). Purified B lymphocytes secrete only minute amounts of Ig and anti-HIV-1 Ab compared with unfractionated cells. Monocytes and natural killer cells enhanced both secretions by cell-to-cell contacts, involving adhesion and CD27, CD80 costimulatory molecules and IL-6.