Electrophoretic mobility of lymphocytes in chronic lymphatic leukemia (author's transl)]

Lymphocytes and other blood cells can be separated by means of free flow cell electrophoresis. Immunofluorescence of the separated lymphocytes of four healthy volunteers with antiimmunoglobulins IgD and IgM produced different distribution profiles for each immunoglobulin class, the IgD positive cells migrating faster than the IgM positive ones. Amongst five patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia four with IgD positive lymphocytes (greater than 80%) showed an identical electrophoretic distribution. The IgM positive lymphocytes (greater than 80%) of the fifth patient migrated much more slowly. The weighted mean of each distribution profile of either the IgD or IgM positive lymphocytes in CLL is similar to that of normal subjects.