[Detection and Analysis of T Lymphocyte Subsets and B Lymphocytes in Patients with Acute Leukemia].

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the changes of T lymphocyte subsets, B lymphocyte and NK cells in peripheral blood of patients with acute leukemia at different periods and their significance. METHODS: The peripheral T lymphocyte subsets and B lymphocyte of 95 patients with acute leukemia [(43 cases of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), 52 cases of acute myeloid leukemia (AML)] and 50 normal people were detected by flow cytometry respectively. RESULTS: cells in the patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia was significantly lower , but higher in the patients with newly diagnosed acute lymphoblastic leukemia than that in normal controls with statistical significant difference (P<0.05) , and increased obviously in the patients with acute myeloid leukemia (P<0.05) after complete remission , but decreased in the patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (P<0.01) after complete remission or no-remission. CONCLUSION: Changes of T lymphocyte subsets, B lymphocytes and NK cells in the patients with newly diagnosed acute leukemia are significant, thus the detection of T lymphocyte cell subsets, B lymphocytes and NK cells can provide some evidences. for evaluation of the disease severity, curative efficiency and prognosis of patients with acute leukemia.