ACTIVATED MACROPHAGES IN HUMAN PERIODONTITIS
ACTIVATED MACROPHAGES IN HUMAN PERIODONTITIS
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DOI:
10.1902/jop.1981.52.6.328
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
GARGIULO, AW
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作者:
CHARON, J;TOTO, PD;GARGIULO, AW
Fifteen patients, 8 males and 7 females, ranging from 30-88 yr of age with advanced periodontal disease were selected for this study. Biopsies and blood samples were taken of normal and inflamed gingival tissues and processed for detection of nonspecific esterase and acid phosphatase activity in monocytes and macrophages. Activated macrophages, as indicated by their intense reaction to acid phosphatase and nonspecific esterase, were found in the gingival epithelium, lamina propria, perivascular tissues and in the blood vessels in human chronic periodontitis. Blood smears of monocytes showed variability of stain intensity suggesting that their activation occurred in blood vessels where they marginate and emigrate into the perivascular tissues in chronic periodontitis. They then appear as macrophages that migrate through the connective tissue, penetrate the basement membrane and continue through the epithelium. The nonspecific esterase stain identified T cells, by a singular dot-like granule and plasma cells by multiple granules in the cytoplasm. Lymphocytes containing multiple cytoplasmic nonspecific esterase positive granules commonly were found only in the perivascular connective tissue and may represent B-cell differentiation to plasma cells. The plasma cell predominance, the presence of T cells and activated macrophages indicated that humoral and cell-mediated responses are operative in human chronic periodontitis.