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8429105

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
The prevalence of T and B cells reactive with the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) of human skeletal muscle was studied in 33 patients with myasthenia gravis (MG), 18 patients with other neurological diseases (OND) or autoimmune disorders (AD) and 27 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. T cell stimulation was estimated by enumerating cells secreting interferon (IFN)-gamma and interleukin (IL)-2 in response to the AChR, whereas B cell reactivity was estimated by enumerating cells secreting IgG antibodies binding to the AChR. AChR-reactive T cells were increased in the peripheral blood of patients with MG as compared to patients with OND, AD and healthy individuals. Of the patients with MG, 29/33 (87.7%) had numbers of IFN-gamma secreting cells higher than the mean +/- 2 SD of the mean of controls as compared to 4/18 (22.2%) of patients with OND or AD and 2/27 (7.4%) of the controls. The mean value of the numbers of AChR-reactive T cells in the patients with MG was 19.6/10(5) PBMC, corresponding to 1/5100 PBMC. Comparable results were obtained also for IL-2-secreting cells. Anti-AChR IgG antibody-secreting cells were detected in the blood of 30/33 (91%) of the patients with MG, 3/18 (16.7%) of the patients with OND or AD and 2/25 (8%) of the controls. The mean value of the antibody-secreting cells in MG was 11.7 cells/10(6) PBMC corresponding to 1/70,400 PBMC in the patients with MG, compared to a mean value of antibody-secreting cells in the patients with OND or AD of 0.33 and controls of 0.16 cells/10(6) PBMC.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0165-5728
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
215-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Human muscle acetylcholine receptor reactive T and B lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of patients with myasthenia gravis.
pubmed:affiliation
Immunological Research Laboratory, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't