| Literature DB >> 6230181 |
R Karttunen, T Nurmi, J Ilonen, H M Surcel.
Abstract
To get more information on the mechanism of cell-mediated immunodeficiency associated with Down's syndrome, 18 patients were studied for PHA-induced lymphocyte transformation and interleukin-2 (IL-2) production. A normal amount of IL-2 was produced although half of the patients showed decreased blast transformation. T cell subpopulations were studied in some patients with decreased and with normal blast transformation. All studied patients with decreased blast transformation had inverted helper/suppressor T cell ratio.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6230181 PMCID: PMC1535811
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Exp Immunol ISSN: 0009-9104 Impact factor: 4.330