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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-14
pubmed:abstractText
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) is a rare disease that usually begins in childhood and is characterized by a generalized infection by human papilloma virus (HPV), frequent associations with cutaneous carcinomas, and abnormalities of cell-mediated immunity (CMI). We studied nonspecific CMI in 13 patients with EV by bacterial skin tests, allergic reactions to dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB), measurement of responses to phytohemagglutinin (PHA), and quantification of T lymphocytes and T lymphocytes subsets in peripheral blood. Impairment of CMI was manifested by the cutaneous anergy to a variety of common skin antigens and, by the reduction of the lymphocyte transformation to PHA. There were no correlation between the severity of cases and abnormalities of CMI in our patients, however; the impairment of CMI was lower in cases of short duration, suggesting that the impairment of CMI in EV might reflect a long period of disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0385-2407
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
203-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-CD4-CD8 Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Dinitrochlorobenzene, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Immunity, Cellular, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Immunization, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Papillomaviridae, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Papillomavirus Infections, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Phytohemagglutinins, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Rare Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Sensitivity and Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Skin Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Skin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:12692356-Tumor Virus Infections
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Nonspecific cell-mediated immunity in patients with epidermodysplasia verruciformis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology of University of São Paulo, Brazil.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study