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Two corticosteroids, prednisone and deflazacort, have been compared with respect to their capacity of inducing redistribution of T lymphocyte subsets, modification of expression of Ia antigens by PHA primed T cells, and inhibition of blastogenesis of T cells in autologous mixed lymphocyte reactions. Both corticosteroids were able to induce T lymphocytes depletion, increase of suppressor T cells, inhibit Ia expression upon mitogenic activation of T lymphocytes, and inhibit autologous MLRs either when non T cells or when PHA T lymphocytes were used as stimulators. We conclude that deflazacort may constitute a better glucocorticoid than prednisone for correcting the imbalance among T cells subsets, the helper T cells activity and the processes of cell-to-cell cooperation in immune diseases.
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