Bence Jones proteins

Bence Jones pro·teins

(bents jōnz), Do not hyphenate Bence Jones.Proteins with unusual thermosolubility found in the urine of patients with multiple myeloma, consisting of monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains. See: Bence Jones reaction.
See also: immunoglobulin.
[H. Bence Jones, English physician, 1813-1873]

Bence Jones pro·teins

(bens jōnz prō'tēnz) Light-chain protein fragments with molecular weights of 25-50 kD; seen in urine in cases of multiple myeloma and Waldenström macroglobinemia. [H. Bence Jones, English physician, 1813-1873]

Bence Jones,

Henry, English physician, 1814-1873. Bence Jones albuminBence Jones cylinders - slightly irregular, relatively smooth, rod-shaped or cylindroid bodies of fairly tenacious, viscid proteinaceous material in the fluid of the seminal vesicles.Bence Jones myeloma - multiple myeloma in which the malignant plasma cells excrete only light chains of one type (either kappa or lambda). Synonym(s): L-chain disease; L-chain myelomaBence Jones proteins - proteins with unusual thermosolubility found in the urine of patients with multiple myeloma, consisting of monoclonal immunoglobulin light chains.Bence Jones reaction - the classic means of identifying Bence Jones protein.Bence Jones test