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The Journal of Immunology (286)
Abstract

Abstract Peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from patients with atopic dermatitis (A.D.) were examined for their capacity to generate cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) during mixed lymphocyte cultures (MLC). Cell-mediated lympholysis (CML) activity, but not proliferative response during MLC, was significantly decreased (p less than 0.01) in patients with A.D. (n = 19) compared with normal controls (n = 19) or patients with other skin diseases (n = 14). Regression analysis revealed a significant correlation (p less than 0.001) between CML activity and the percentage of circulating T8+ suppressor/cytotoxic T cells. Deficient CML activity in A.D. patients, however, was not corrected when isolated autologous T4+ and T8+ cells were recombined at a normal ratio (2:1) of T4+ to T8+ cells. Examination of CML activity in co-cultures of isolated T4+ and T8+ cells obtained from two A.D. patients and their respective HLA-identical healthy siblings indicated that the defect in CML resided in both the helper/inducer T4+ cells and the effector T8+ cells. The defective cytotoxic T cell function reported in the present study may account for the increased susceptibility of patients with A.D. to develop severe viral infections.

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Leung, D. Y. M., Wood, N., Dubey, D., Rhodes, A. R., & Geha, R. S. (1983). Cellular basis of defective cell-mediated lympholysis in atopic dermatitis. The Journal of Immunology, 130(4), 1678–1682.

Authors 5
  1. D Y M Leung (first)
  2. N Wood (additional)
  3. D Dubey (additional)
  4. A R Rhodes (additional)
  5. R S Geha (additional)
References 0 Referenced 31

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Deposited 5 months ago (March 31, 2025, 7:06 p.m.)
Indexed 5 months ago (April 1, 2025, 12:15 a.m.)
Issued 42 years, 5 months ago (April 1, 1983)
Published 42 years, 5 months ago (April 1, 1983)
Published Online 42 years, 5 months ago (April 1, 1983)
Published Print 42 years, 5 months ago (April 1, 1983)
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@article{Leung_1983, title={Cellular basis of defective cell-mediated lympholysis in atopic dermatitis.}, volume={130}, ISSN={1550-6606}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.130.4.1678}, DOI={10.4049/jimmunol.130.4.1678}, number={4}, journal={The Journal of Immunology}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Leung, D Y M and Wood, N and Dubey, D and Rhodes, A R and Geha, R S}, year={1983}, month=apr, pages={1678–1682} }