Reduction of the fraction of circulating helper-inducer T cells identified by monoclonal antibodies in psoriatic patients treated with long-term psoralen/ultraviolet-A radiation (PUVA).
Reduction of the fraction of circulating helper-inducer T cells identified by monoclonal antibodies in psoriatic patients treated with long-term psoralen/ultraviolet-A radiation (PUVA).
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在接受长期补骨脂素/紫外线 A 辐射 (PUVA) 治疗的银屑病患者中,单克隆抗体识别的循环辅助诱导 T 细胞比例减少。
DOI:
10.1111/1523-1747.ep12500058
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1982
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Colvin,RB
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作者:
Moscicki,RA;Morison,WL;Parrish,JA;Bloch,KJ;Colvin,RB
Ultraviolet radiation has been found to alter the distribution and function of human lymphocytes. To determine whether photochemotherapy (PUVA) alters circulating levels of T cell subset marker-bearing lymphocytes, cells from 9 patients with psoriasis undergoing PUVA therapy for several years (mean 4.6 ± 1.4 yr), 17 patients with active untreated psoriasis, and 20 healthy volunteers were reacted with monoclonal antibodies to T cell surface markers, including OKT3 (all peripheral blood T cells), OKT4 (helper/inducer T cells), OKT6 (common thymocytes), and OKT8 suppressor/cytotoxic T cells), and analyzed by flow cytometry. There were no differences in the distribution of T cell subsets between healthy volunteers and patients with active psoriasis. In contrast, the percentages of lymphocytes reacting with OKT3 and OKT4 were lower (by 16% and 12% percent respectively,p< 0.0025 in the PUVA-treated patients compared to healthy volunteers or patients with active psoriasis that had not received PUVA therapy. There was no difference in the percentage of OKT8 and OKT6 bearing cells. Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin subsequently developed in 2 of 3 PUVA-treated patients with the lowest percentages of T4-bearing cells. These findings indicate that long-term PUVA therapy is associated with a reduction in circulating helper/inducer T cells. This reduction may have a role in the altered immune function reported in PUVA-treated patients.