Figure 5
Figure 5. WT1 is expressed in CD138+ plasma cells in the BM of MM patients. The expression of WT1 in MM cells was longitudinally assessed over the course of disease in MM patients before and after alloTCD-HSCT and DLI. Paraffin-fixed BM biopsies from MM patients were double stained with monoclonal antibodies to CD138 (MI15; DAB, brown) and WT1 (6F-H2; nFu, red). Immunohistochemical analysis of WT1 expression was performed and biopsies were graded negative, focal, +, ++, +++, or ++++ based on the percentage of CD138+ PC staining positive for WT1. Representative biopsy stains are shown. (A) ++++ > 75% of CD138+ PC stain positive for WT1; UPN5. (B) ++ > 25%-30% of CD138+ cells are WT1+; UPN10. (C) Focal < 5% of CD138+ cells are WT1+; UPN10. (D) Negative, no CD138+ are positive for WT1; UPN10 (20×).

WT1 is expressed in CD138+ plasma cells in the BM of MM patients. The expression of WT1 in MM cells was longitudinally assessed over the course of disease in MM patients before and after alloTCD-HSCT and DLI. Paraffin-fixed BM biopsies from MM patients were double stained with monoclonal antibodies to CD138 (MI15; DAB, brown) and WT1 (6F-H2; nFu, red). Immunohistochemical analysis of WT1 expression was performed and biopsies were graded negative, focal, +, ++, +++, or ++++ based on the percentage of CD138+ PC staining positive for WT1. Representative biopsy stains are shown. (A) ++++ > 75% of CD138+ PC stain positive for WT1; UPN5. (B) ++ > 25%-30% of CD138+ cells are WT1+; UPN10. (C) Focal < 5% of CD138+ cells are WT1+; UPN10. (D) Negative, no CD138+ are positive for WT1; UPN10 (20×).

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