ABNORMAL REGULATION OF IGG PRODUCTION IN MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS
ABNORMAL REGULATION OF IGG PRODUCTION IN MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS
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DOI:
10.1212/wnl.32.3.228
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
9.9
通讯作者:
ARNAUD, P
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作者:
GOUST, JM;HOGAN, EL;ARNAUD, P
After stimulation with pokeweed mitogen (PWM), peripheral blood mononuclear cells (MNC) from patients with active multiple sclerosis (MS) produced significantly more IgG (8595 ng/ml, P < 0.01) than MNC from normal age-matched controls (5477 ng/ml); those tested during stable periods produced less IgG (4076 ng/ml, P < 0.01). Treatment of MNC with sodium periodate (SP) generated suppressor cells for PWM-driven IgG production in normal controls and in most of the stable MS patients, but, in only 26%, of patients with the active disease, in whom an increase in IgG production was often seen. This suggests a deficiency of inducible suppressor T cells associated with a supranormal B-cell response to polyclonal activation. T lymphocytes obtained from MS patients during active episodes strongly suppressed IgG production by normal B lymphocytes, whereas their B cells often produced more IgG in the presence of normal T cells. In active MS, a relative B-cell unresponsiveness to activated suppressor T cells would leave helper signals unbalanced, leading to increased B-cell activation which might deplete the pool of inducible suppressor cells for IgG production.