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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
Transplantation of normal bone marrow from C3H/HeN nu/nu (H-2k) mice into young MRL/MP-lpr/lpr (MRL/l; H-2k) mice (less than 1.5 mo) prevented the development of autoimmune diseases and characteristic thymic abnormalities in the recipient mice. When female MRL/1 (greater than 2 mo) or male BXSB (H-2b) mice (9 mo) with autoimmune diseases and lymphadenopathy were lethally irradiated and then reconstituted with allogeneic bone marrow cells from young BALB/c nu/nu (H-2d) mice (less than 2 mo), the recipients survived for more than 3 mo after the bone marrow transplantation and showed no graft-versus-host reaction. Histopathological study revealed that lymphadenopathy disappeared and that all evidence of autoimmune disease either was prevented from developing or was completely corrected even after its development in such mice. All abnormal T-cell functions were restored to normal. The newly developed T cells were found to be tolerant of both bone marrow donor-type (BALB/c) and host-type (MRL/1 or BXSB) major histocompatibility complex (MHC) determinants. Therefore, T-cell dysfunction in autoimmune-prone mice can be associated with both the involutionary changes that occur in the thymus of the autoimmune-prone mice and also to abnormalities that reside in the stem cells. However, normal stem cells from BALB/c nu/nu donors can differentiate into normal functional T cells even in mice whose thymus had undergone considerable involution, as in the case of BXSB or MRL/1 mice in the present studies. These findings suggest that marrow transplantation may be a strategy ultimately to be considered as an approach to treatment of life-threatening autoimmune diseases in humans. T-cell dysfunction in autoimmune-prone mice previously attributed to involutionary changes that occur in the thymus of these mice may instead be attributed to abnormalities that basically reside in the stem cells of the autoimmune-prone mice.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2483-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Rationale for bone marrow transplantation in the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't