An investigation of the action of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs on the rheumatoid synovial membrane: reduction in T lymphocyte subpopulations and HLA-DP and DQ antigen expression after gold or penicillamine therapy.
An investigation of the action of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs on the rheumatoid synovial membrane: reduction in T lymphocyte subpopulations and HLA-DP and DQ antigen expression after gold or penicillamine therapy.
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疾病缓解抗风湿药物对类风湿滑膜作用的研究:金或青霉胺治疗后 T 淋巴细胞亚群以及 HLA-DP 和 DQ 抗原表达的减少。
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发表时间:
1987
影响因子:
27.4
通讯作者:
M. Cawley
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作者:
M. T. Walters;J. Smith;K. Moore;P. R. Evans;M. Cawley
Synovial needle biopsy specimens from the knee joints of seven patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were examined immunohistochemically before and after six months' treatment with either gold or penicillamine (disease modifying drugs, DMDs). There were significant reductions in the numbers of infiltrating T lymphocytes and a disproportionate fall in the numbers of lymphocytes of the helper/inducer subset when compared with those of the suppressor/cytotoxic subset. This resulted in a fall in the ratio of helper/inducer to suppressor/cytotoxic cells. The immunohistological changes correlated with improvements in erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), serum immunoglobulins, visual analogue pain assessment, grip strength, and Ritchie articular index. A second group of nine patients with RA, already well established on DMD therapy, did not show similar changes after the six month period. The HLA class II antigens DR, DQ, and DP were widely expressed on lymphocytes, macrophages, and synovial lining cells of a group of patients with RA who had never received disease modifying drug therapy. After treatment there was a significant reduction in the expression of HLA-DP and DQ antigens.
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发表时间:
1982
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Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
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作者:
Gatenby,PA;Kansas,GS;Xian,CY;Evans,RL;Engleman,EG
通讯作者:
Engleman,EG