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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
Nine children with IgA deficiency were studied in order to evaluate by the immunoperoxidase technique the behaviour of secretory component (SC), alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha 1-AT), lysozyme and esterase in biopsies of intestinal mucosa. In none of the studied patients was SC found to be lacking, suggesting that the epithelial transport mechanism of IgA across enterocytes was relatively normal. The distribution of SC activity in immunodeficient children differed however from that seen in control intestinal mucosa in its non-uniform distribution on the villus, abnormal retention in the Golgi region of enterocytes or exclusive activity confined to the proliferating compartment of the villus. The staining of alpha 1-AT in enterocytes was clearly obvious in all studied cases with no alteration in zonal distribution when compared with normal human mucosa. The lysozyme staining pattern was seen exclusively in Paneth cells. The non-specific esterase positive enterocytes observed in control mucosa failed to stain in biopsies from IgA deficient children. The results of this study of SC, alpha 1-AT, lysozyme and esterase may indicate that IgA deficiency is not related to a defect in enterocyte transport of immunoglobulins and confirms previously reported findings indicating the lymphoid B-cell compartment to be altered.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0309-0167
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
747-57
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Secretory component, alpha 1-antitrypsin and lysozyme in IgA deficient children. An immunohistochemical evaluation of intestinal mucosa.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article