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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-3-19
pubmed:abstractText
Cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytes (CSF-L) and peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and acute aseptic meningoencephalitis (AM) were cultured without and in the presence of pokeweed mitogen (PWM), a polyclonal B cell activator. IgG, IgA and IgM as well as measles IgG antibody production was measured in 7-day-culture supernatants by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. MS CSF-L did not respond with increased Ig production after PWM stimulation, in contrast to AM CSF-L which responded to PWM with a modest increase of production of all 3 Ig classes, especially IgG. PBL responded to PWM with a pronounced production of IgG, IgA and especially IgM, showing no difference between MS, AM and healthy controls. CSF-L from only 1 of 7 patients with MS showed increased measles IgG antibody production after PWM stimulation. The poor response of MS CSF-L might be due to maximal activation of B lymphocytes in vivo, thereby limiting further Ig production after stimulation in vitro.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0165-5728
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytes from patients with multiple sclerosis do not increase immunoglobulin or measles antibody production after stimulation with pokeweed mitogen.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't