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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
In twenty-seven splenectomized patients, who had undergone splenectomy for trauma (n=13) and thirty-one immunologically healthy persons, matched for age and sex, the following immunological parameters were examined: Serum immunoglobulins M, A, G, D and E, complement factors C3, C4 and the serum haemolytic complement activity (Ch 50), as well as the ratio and in vitro reagibility of B-and T-lymphocytes measured by transformation responses to the non-specific mitogens Phytohämagglutinin, Concanavalin A and Pokeweed-Mitogen. The phagocytic capacity of polymorphonuclear neutrophils was tested by the Nitroblue tetrazolium test. Total peripheral lymphocytes, B- und T-lymphocytes from splenectomized patients were significantly higher than in healthy controls (p less than 0.01). The PHA response in splenectomized patients was significantly depressed (p less than 0.01) as compared to nonsplenectomized controls. Also IgM serum concentration was found to be significantly lower in these patients (p less than 0.01). No differences were observed between patients, who had been splenectomized 7 months to 5 years or 6 to 14 years ago. The comparison of persons splenectomized for traumatological or haematological disorders showed statistically no significant differences. The importance of the spleen for the primary immune response is discussed.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0023-2173
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
485-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
[Alterations of humoral and cellular immunity after splenectomy (author's transl)].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't