在临床活跃的多发性硬化症中增加了自发性体外淋巴细胞转化倾向
Lancet (London, England)
|October 6, 1979
概括
来自多发性硬化症 (MS) 患者的淋巴细胞在培养中自发转化,与静止性MS或健康捐赠者的淋巴细胞不同. 这表明活跃多发性硬化症的免疫调节异常,可能与爱斯坦-巴尔病毒有关.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 神经学 神经学
- 病毒学 病毒学
背景情况:
- 多发性硬化症 (MS) 是一种慢性神经系统疾病.
- 免疫系统调节失调在MS病变发生中的作用正在调查中.
- 在体外自发的淋巴细胞转化可能表明潜在的免疫异常.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究多发性硬化症 (MS) 患者的自发性淋巴细胞转化.
- 为了比较活跃的MS,静止的MS和健康的对照中的淋巴细胞行为.
- 探索淋巴细胞转化和埃普斯坦-巴尔病毒 (EBV) 在MS中的潜在联系.
主要方法:
- 在体外培养MS患者和健康捐赠者的淋巴细胞.
- 评估自发性淋巴细胞转化.
- 对B淋巴细胞标记物 (表面/细胞质免疫球蛋白,补充受体) 进行转化细胞的表征.
- 在转化细胞上测试爱斯坦-巴尔病毒抗原.
主要成果:
- 自发性淋巴细胞转化发生在8/10名患有活跃多发性硬化症的患者中.
- 静止型多发性硬化 (3/18) 和健康的捐赠者 (4/20) 的转变频率较低.
- 转化细胞始终表现出B淋巴细胞特征和EBV抗原.
结论:
- 自发性淋巴细胞转化在活跃的MS中明显更常见.
- 这些发现支持了在活跃的MS中异常免疫调节的假设.
- 结果表明EBV在活跃多发性硬化症中观察到的免疫失调中可能发挥作用.
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