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2787645

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
A limiting dilution system was established in order to estimate frequencies of interleukin-2 (IL-2)-responsive, autoreactive and alloreactive T cells in samples of peripheral blood (PBL) and synovial fluid lymphocytes (SFL), from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and lyme disease, as well as from healthy donors and a patient with osteoarthrosis. The frequencies of IL-2-dependent T-cell colony formation were significantly higher in patients with RA and lyme disease (median: 1/287) as compared to controls (median: 1/1,313) indicating a preactivation of T cells in these patients in vivo. Autoreactivity was measured by the proliferative response of T-cell lines to autologous irradiated PBL as stimulating cells. The frequencies of autoreactive T cells in blood were significantly higher in patients (median: 1/2,615) as compared to controls (median: 1/19,607). There was no significant difference in autoreactive T-cell frequencies between the patients' SFL (median: 1/3,185) and PBL (median: 1/2,615). In every case the frequency of alloreactive T cells exceeded the frequency of autoreactive T cells. Most autoreactive T-cell lines were also alloreactive and were shown to be MHC Class II-restricted. There is evidence of a down regulation of autoreactive T cells by suppressor cells in peripheral blood in two cases with elevated autoreactive T-cell frequencies (one RA patient and one control patient suffering from a viral infection). In contrast, no suppression of autoreactive T cells was observed in the RA patients' SFL or in PBL and SFL from patients with lyme disease. These results suggest that the chronic inflammation observed in RA and lyme disease may be supported by an elevated number of autoreactive T cells in the absence of suppressive mechanisms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0896-8411
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
31-49
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Autoreactive T cells in rheumatic disease (1). Analysis of growth frequencies and autoreactivity of T cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and Lyme disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Abt. Rheumatologie und Klinische Immunologie, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Freiburg, FRG.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't