Abstract:
:We examined interleukin-2 (IL-2) production by phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMs) from 75 untreated myasthenia gravis (MG) patients and 48 control patients. Patients with MG consisted of those with elevated PBM IL-2 production (>1,250 pg/ml; mean + 2SD of the controls) (n = 29, 39%) and those with normal PBM IL-2 production (<1,250 pg/ml) (n = 46, 61%). Significant characteristics of patients with elevated PBM IL-2 production included elevated serum levels of anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies, severe generalized symptoms, thymic hyperplasia, and marked effects of thymectomy (p < 0.05). These findings suggest that elevated PBM IL-2 production can reflect functional abnormalities of T cells in some patients with MG, and that PBM IL-2 production should be considered as a candidate target of therapy.
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Eur Neuroljournal_title
European neurologyauthors
Utsugisawa K,Nagane Y,Obara D,Kondoh R,Yonezawa H,Tohgi Hdoi
10.1159/000069079keywords:
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2003-01-01 00:00:00pages
160-3issue
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0014-3022issn
1421-9913pii
69079journal_volume
49pub_type
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