Artigo Revisado por pares

Etiopatogenia de los linfomas cutáneos de células T (micosis fungoide/síndrome de Sézary)

2000; Elsevier BV; Volume: 91; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

ISSN

1695-4734

Autores

Enrique Gómez de la Fuente, Néstor Pérez, PL Ortiz Romero, JG Álvarez Fernández, Francisco Vanaclocha Sebastián, L Iglesias Díez,

Tópico(s)

Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins

Resumo

Mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome are the most frequent cutaneous T-cell lymphomas, Their aetiology and pathogenesis are almost unknown as well as the mechanisms by which early indolent stages progress into a more aggressive behaviour developing tumours and spreading to lymph nodes and internal organs. We review the factors implicated in its development and evolution: inheritance, environmental exposures, infectious agents, major histocompatibility antigens, genetic instability, cytokines and oncogenes. Although the development of advanced laboratory techniques has greatly enhanced our understanding of their etiopathogenesis, the significance of many implicated mechanisms is controversial and a matter of debate. New researches, based in the epidemiology and molecular biology will he necessary in order to resolve these questions and enhance the understanding of the disease.

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