Spontaneous NBT reduction by monocytes as a marker of disease activity in children with histiocytosis

British Journal of Haematology
G R BurgioA G Ugazio

Abstract

In an attempt to define a biological marker of monocyte hyperactivation in the course of infantile histiocytosis, the spontaneous nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction assay was applied to monocytes from 13 children with Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), familial haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL), juvenile xanthogranuloma or malignant histiocytosis. Significant increase in NBT reduction was observed in the patients with both active LCH and FHL in comparison with control subjects, who were either healthy or affected by different conditions. A close relationship between spontaneous reduction rate and clinical condition of the patients was evident in patients tested at diagnosis, during remission and during the course of disease reactivation. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) production by monocytes was also evaluated: the patients with LCH and FHL displayed a significant increase in in vitro IL-1 production by lipopolysaccharide-stimulated monocytes. In our experience the spontaneous NBT reduction assay was a sensitive, quite specific, low-cost and reproducible test for the evaluation of children with histiocytosis. Useful information may be obtained at diagnosis but also during the clinical course of disease by using this marker o...Continue Reading

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