Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:3.2.1.17 (lysozyme)
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Four cases of acute myelofibrosis are contrasted to three cases of acute megakaryocytic leukemia. The cases were clinically indistinguishable. Light microscopic examination of hematoxylin and eosin-stained bone marrow biopsy specimens from the cases of acute myelofibrosis showed a trilinear proliferation of mature and immature hematopoietic cells, increased numbers of mature magakaryocytes, and marked fibrosis. In contrast, the blast cells in the cases of acute megakaryocytic leukemia showed a continuous spectrum of differentiation from small blasts to megakaryoblasts. Immunoperoxidase staining showed the blast cells in all three cases of acute megakaryocytic leukemia to be strongly positive for Factor VIII, a marker of megakaryocytic differentiation. These same blasts did not stain with markers of myelomonocytic (lysozyme), lymphocytic (Hle), and myeloid (Leu-Ml) differentiation. In contrast, the blast cells in all four cases of acute myelofibrosis were Factor VIII, Hle, and Leu-Ml negative but did occasionally stain with anti-lysozyme.
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PMID:Acute myelofibrosis. Immunohistochemical study of four cases and comparison with acute megakaryocytic leukemia. 331 70

Acute megakaryocytic leukemia is a rare form of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia that occurs with increased frequency in patients with Down's syndrome. Herein, we report a child with Down's syndrome who presented with a large retroperitoneal mass due to acute megakaryocytic leukemia. Immunohistochemical stains of the tumor cells also demonstrated evidence of myeloid/monocytic differentiation, with positivity for alpha-1-antitrypsin, alpha-1-chymotrypsin, and lysozyme. The significance of this phenotypic heterogeneity is unclear and awaits further studies of similar cases.
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PMID:Acute megakaryocytic leukemia with myeloid/monocytic differentiation. 367 84