| Literature DB >> 2975541 |
K Oen1, R Warrington, A M Rosenberg, D Krzekotowska.
Abstract
Interleukin 2 (IL-2) production in the CD4/non-T cell autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction (AMLR) was estimated for patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA). A cellular IL-2 assay (CILA) consisting of co-cultures of indicator cells, CTLL-2, added to CD4/non-T cell AMLR cultures was used. As both CD4 and CTLL-2 cell proliferation are IL-2 dependent, results of the CILA assay were taken as a reflection of the total IL-2 in the co-culture. By this assay most patients with JRA had normal IL-2 production. However, five patients with polyarticular disease had both a low AMLR and low levels of IL-2 production. Three of those tested showed little improvement in the AMLR on addition of recombinant IL-2, suggesting decreased responsiveness to IL-2 as well.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2975541 PMCID: PMC1541695
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Exp Immunol ISSN: 0009-9104 Impact factor: 4.330