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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-7-8
pubmed:abstractText
The autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction (AMLR) measures the proliferative response of peripheral blood T cells to surface antigens of non T cells. The AMLR of SLE patients with active or inactive disease either with (13) or without (6) immunosuppressive treatment was low compared with age and sex-matched controls, confirming previous reports. Only one patient with inactive, untreated SLE and one with drug induced lupus (procainamide) showed normal AMLR. Autologous reactivity was also reduced in 2 patients without treatment who presented with clinically complex disease syndromes, including primary biliary cirrhosis, or polyarteritis nodosa, together with Sjögren's syndrome and serological evidence of lupus. The AMLR could not be increased by changing the ratio of responder to stimulator cells. Patients with decreased AMLR also showed a decreased response to phytohemagglutinin which suggested a general depression of T cells. There was no correlation between the decreased AMLR and age, clinical features or anti-DNA antibody levels of the patients. In allogeneic mixed lymphocyte reactions (MLR) it was shown that non-T cells from SLE patients were poorer stimulators of allogeneic T cells than normal cells, and T lymphocytes from SLE patients were poorer responders to allogeneic non-T cells than were normal T cells. Both effects were much more marked in patients with active disease than in those with inactive SLE. This suggests a defect in both responder and stimulating cell populations in SLE.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0031-3025
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
37-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Studies of autologous mixed lymphocyte reactions in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't