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[Macrophage activity during high dose steroid pulse therapy and 7S-immunoglobulin administration in patients with
H Zmierczak1, J Teuber, R Wiest
1Städtisches Krankenhaus München-Bogenhausen, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus der TU München.
Patients with connective tissue diseases show increased neopterin levels indicating the activation of the monocyte system. Corticosteroids reduce the release of neopterin in vivo and in vitro. After i.v. 7S-Ig administration neopterin increases in vivo transiently and decreases beyond the pretherapeutic levels. Addition of 7S-Ig to cell cultures reduces the macrophage activation.
Patients with connective tissue diseases show increased neopterin levels indicating the activation of the monocyte system. Corticosteroids reduce the release of neopterin in vivo and in vitro. After i.v. 7S-Ig administration neopterin increases in vivo transiently and decreases beyond the pretherapeutic levels. Addition of 7S-Ig to cell cultures reduces the macrophage activation.