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By using two-color immunofluorescence with fluorescein isothiocyanate ( FITC) and phycoerythrin (PE)-labelled monoclonal antibodies and multiparameter flow cytometry, we investigated lamina propria lymphocyte subsets of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). Leu-3/Leu-2 (CD4/CD8) ratio of lamina propria lymphocytes (LPL) of CD (mean +/- SD: 1.9 +/- 0.8, P less than 0.01) was significantly decreased compared with controls (3.3 +/- 1.1), because of an increased number of CD8+ lymphocytes. The majority of lamina propria CD4+ cells were CD4+, Leu-8- and CD4+, CD45R- both in controls and IBD tissue. Many lamina propria T lymphocytes were activated, expressing HLA-DR antigen not only in IBD but also in controls. NK cells defined by CD16 and CD 56 (3.0 +/- 1.4%, P less than 0.01) were significantly decreased in patients with UC compared with controls (6.5 +/- 3.0%). A low proportion of B cells in the intestinal mucosa expressed Leu-8 antigen and CD23 antigen. The proportion of activated B cells of LPL was high in IBD mucosa as well as normal mucosa. These findings suggest that local activation of B cells leads to the loss of the expression of Leu-8 antigen and CD23.
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Authors | M Senju, K C Wu, Y R Mahida, D P Jewell |
Journal | Digestive diseases and sciences
(Dig Dis Sci)
Vol. 36
Issue 10
Pg. 1453-8
(Oct 1991)
ISSN: 0163-2116 [Print] United States |
PMID | 1914770
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets
(pathology)
- CD4-CD8 Ratio
- Colitis, Ulcerative
(diagnosis, pathology)
- Crohn Disease
(diagnosis, pathology)
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Intestinal Mucosa
(pathology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets
(pathology)
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