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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with retinitis pigmentosa and a group of controls were tested for their cellular immune response toward two retinal proteins, S-antigen and interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP), as well as their reaction against two synthetic peptides ("M" and "N") derived from the sequence of S-antigen and peptide "R14", derived from IRBP. Positive responses to the retinal antigens were found in larger proportions and with higher levels in the patient group than in the controls. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant in their response to S-antigen, but the patients reacted better than the controls against the other antigens as well. Of particular interest was the finding that several patients responded to both retinal proteins and/or to their peptides. These patients suffered from severe retinal changes and the data are thus interpreted as suggesting that the responses to the retinal antigens are secondary to these changes and to nonphysiological release of retinal antigens.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0721-832X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
230
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
119-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Arrestin, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Autoantigens, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Eye Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Immunity, Cellular, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Retinitis Pigmentosa, pubmed-meshheading:1577290-Retinol-Binding Proteins
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Cellular immune responses to retinal antigens in retinitis pigmentosa.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article