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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from thirty-one patients with inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) were analysed for the proportions and absolute numbers of total T cells, and for the T cell subpopulations carrying Fc receptors for either IgM (Tmu cells) or IgG (T gamma cells). Twenty-six control subjects were studied simultaneously. Total T cell numbers were normal in patients with inflammatory bowel disease but there was a marked reduction in the proportion and absolute numbers of Tmu cells in patients, whether their disease was active or in remission. T gamma cells were normal. Simultaneous assessment of lymphocyte response to mitogens in vitro was performed in a group of patients. Responses to phytohaemagglutinin, concanavalin A and pokeweed mitogen were decreased and a positive correlation was found between the number of circulating Tmu cells and the responses to mitogens in vitro. These studies demonstrate that despite the presence of normal numbers of total T cells in inflammatory bowel disease, there is a marked imbalance in T cell subpopulations that correlates with mitogen responsiveness. This imbalance provides a possible cellular basis for the defect in cell-mediated immunity seen in these patients.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0009-9104
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
156-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1980
pubmed:articleTitle
Alteration in T lymphocyte subpopulations in inflammatory bowel disease.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't