CIRCULATING IMMUNE-COMPLEXES AND INVITRO-CELL REACTIVITY IN PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS
CIRCULATING IMMUNE-COMPLEXES AND INVITRO-CELL REACTIVITY IN PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01837195
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
YARZABAL, L
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作者:
ARANGO, M;OROPEZA, F;YARZABAL, L
Circulating immune complexes (CIC) were measured by the human lymphoblastoid Raji cell radioimmunoassay (Raji) and by the 125I-labeled complement component C1q binding assay (C1q-BA) in sera from 14 patients with active or inactive forms of paracoccidioidomycosis (Pcm) and from 15 healthy controls. The C1q-BA revealed significantly elevated levels of CIC in the sera of all but 1 of the patients. Four of the 8 active (62%) and 2 of the 6 inactive (33%) patients had CIC levels significantly higher than the controls as determined by the Raji test. Significantly increased levels of CIC were detected only in the active patients by the Raji test. The serum of 1 patient with generalized infection and depressed lymphocyte responsiveness was examined and found to contain a factor which depressed the in vitro proliferation of homologous and normal lymphocytes. Pre-culture of the patients'' lymphocytes before stimulation restored their proliferative capacity and immune complexes (IC) were detectable in the culture supernatants. Subsequent addition of the patients'' serum to such precultured cells did not reinduce the depression. Therefore, the depression of T cell responses observed in Pcm is due to the presence of IC which may interact reversibly with the responding cells and/or activate a suppressor cell population whose activity is diminished by preculture.