[Immunoregulating effect of prostaglandins on the course of chronic lympholeukemia]

A study was made of the effect of exogenous prostaglandins E1, E2 and E2 alpha on the proliferative response of lymphocytes in blast transformation with PHA according to the changes in permeability for 3H-thymidine, 3H-thymidine incorporation into DNA, 3H-uridine into RNA and 3H-leucine into protein in 7 patients with stable and in 17 patients with progressive B-chronic lymphoid leukemia (B-CLL). The progression of B-CLL was marked by the lack of the regulating effect of PG on lymphocytes. In stable lymphoid leukemia, an inhibitory action of PG on lymphocyte proliferation could be seen. The characteristics of the lymphocyte responses in patients with B-CLL were employed for individual prediction of the disease course.