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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-9-8
pubmed:abstractText
Immune reactivity to the 65-kDa mycobacterial heat shock protein (hsp65) has been associated with arthritis in rats and humans. In this report we evaluated patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis for such immunity. A high proportion of affected children showed both antibody and T lymphocyte responses to hsp65 and to two related peptides: the nonapeptide 180-188 sequence of hsp65 and a partially homologous peptide of the cartilage proteoglycan link protein. The titer of circulating antibodies was generally higher in patients with clinically active disease. In contrast to the juvenile rheumatoid arthritis patients, patients with adult rheumatoid arthritis tended to have lower responses of their peripheral blood T lymphocytes to the whole hsp65 molecule. Moreover, the adult rheumatoid arthritis patients did not respond to the peptides. Thus, there appear to be immunological differences between juvenile and adult forms of rheumatoid arthritis related to hsp65 reactivity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0090-1229
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
64
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
121-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Antigen-Antibody Reactions, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Chaperonin 60, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Chaperonins, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Child, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Extracellular Matrix Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-Proteoglycans, pubmed-meshheading:1643745-T-Lymphocytes
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis patients manifest immune reactivity to the mycobacterial 65-kDa heat shock protein, to its 180-188 peptide, and to a partially homologous peptide of the proteoglycan link protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Clinica Medica, Università di Ancona, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't