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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-4-15
pubmed:abstractText
Patients, after major thermal injury, often develop multiple in vitro immunologic abnormalities. The etiology of these immune defects is unknown, although there is evidence suggesting that these defects may be the results of circulating suppressor substance(s). To evaluate the role of the local injury in the development of immune incompetence the biologic effect of blister fluid from control lymphocyte mitogenic response to PHA was studied. Blister fluid from 35 patients, mean burn size 29% (range, 1-85% TBSA) was added to a standard lymphocyte blastogenic assay, using various concentrations of PHA (from 0.5 micrograms to 40 micrograms per well). Eight of these 35 patients (23%) had blister fluid which suppressed the control lymphocyte blastogenic response greater than 50%. Two patients with suppressive blister fluids also had suppressive serum. In contrast, only two of the nine patients whose blister fluid was not suppressive had suppressive serum. This suppressive activity was not related to bacterial contamination nor to the presence of detectable levels of endotoxin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-5282
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
106-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of blister fluid from thermally injured patients on normal lymphocyte transformation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article