B-CELLS EXPRESSING CD5 ARE INCREASED IN SJOGRENS SYNDROME
B-CELLS EXPRESSING CD5 ARE INCREASED IN SJOGRENS SYNDROME
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DOI:
10.1002/art.1780310509
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发表时间:
1988-05-01
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TALAL, N
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DAUPHINEE, M;TOVAR, Z;TALAL, N
In this investigation of B cells expressing the CD5 (Leu-1) cell surface marker, we found increased number of these cells in 13 of 19 patients with primary Sjogren''s syndrome (SS) (68%), as well as in the rheumatoid arthritis patients. The percentage of B cells that demonstrated increased expression of CD5 was 46% in SS patients, 47% in rheumatoid arthritis patients, 24% in systemic lupus erythematosus patients, and 26% in normal subjects. Over a 2-year period, CD5 expression on B cells was a stable finding in several patients, except for 2 who required either steroid therapy or combined chemotherapy and irradiation for malignant lymphoma. Both of these patients had clinical remissions and their levels of CD5+ B cells returned to normal. The first patient had a clinical picture of SS/systemic lupus erythematosus overlap, associated with polyclonal B cell activation and decreased production of interleukin-2 in response to stimulation with phytohemagglutinin. These cellular immune abnormalities returned to normal after the institution of corticosteroids. Our observations suggest a relationship between the CD5+ B cell abnormality and disease activity. The results are discussed in relation to immunoregulatory properties of CD5+ B cells in autoimmune mice and the characteristic predisposition to malignant lymphoma among SS patients.