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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
The hypothesis that autoimmune diseases might be due to a defect in immunoregulation was tested in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We have applied the double immunofluorescence, flow cytometry technique to peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with SLE. T cells were studied for their binding of the lectin Vicia villosa (VV) which is a phenotypic marker for contra-suppressor cells both in mice and humans. A significant increase in CD3+VV+ and CD8+VV+ cells was found in patients with SLE, as compared with age and sex matched controls (P less than 0.01). When the patients were divided according to the 'lupus activity criteria count', those with active disease had a significantly increased proportion of CD3+VV+ and CD8+VV+ cells, as compared with those showing no disease activity (P less than 0.001). Indeed, a sequential investigation showed that the proportion of CD8+VV+ cells changed in parallel with exacerbation and remission of disease activity. These results suggest that disease activity in SLE is associated with an increase in VV binding CD8 cells which can function as contrasuppressor cells.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0009-9104
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
100-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Phenotypic expression of Vicia villosa binding T cell subsets, as markers of contrasuppressor cells in systemic lupus erythematosus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, United Medical School, Guy's Hospital, London Bridge.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article