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Analysis of peripheral blood lymphocyte phenotype and function during dexamethazone treatment of progressive multiple sclerosis

Salmaggi, A ; Baldetorp, Bo LU ; Milanese, C ; Nespolo, A ; Parma, R and Sandberg Wollheim, Magnhild LU (1991) In Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 84(2). p.91-97
Abstract
Five patients with chronic progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) and three control patients with lumbar disc herniation were treated with dexamethazone during 14 days. The effect on peripheral blood T-cell subsets and on the proliferative response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) to pokeweed mitogen (PWM) and anti-mu antibody was analyzed. Before treatment, the proportion of CD3+ and CD4+ PBMC was similar in MS and control patients, but the proportion of CD8+ and DR+ PBMC was lower and the PBMC were less responsive to anti-mu stimulation in MS patients compared to controls. Steroid treatment induced reversible granulocytosis and lymphocytosis. CD3+ and CD4+ cells increased and DR+ cells decreased in MS patients but not in... (More)
Five patients with chronic progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) and three control patients with lumbar disc herniation were treated with dexamethazone during 14 days. The effect on peripheral blood T-cell subsets and on the proliferative response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) to pokeweed mitogen (PWM) and anti-mu antibody was analyzed. Before treatment, the proportion of CD3+ and CD4+ PBMC was similar in MS and control patients, but the proportion of CD8+ and DR+ PBMC was lower and the PBMC were less responsive to anti-mu stimulation in MS patients compared to controls. Steroid treatment induced reversible granulocytosis and lymphocytosis. CD3+ and CD4+ cells increased and DR+ cells decreased in MS patients but not in controls. Proliferation of anti-mu stimulated PBMC increased in MS-patients during the two weeks of treatment, but decreased in controls. The enhancement in the MS patients of pre-existing immune abnormalities suggests that a cautious attitude is warranted in the use of steroid treatment in chronic progressive MS. (Less)
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  author       = {{Salmaggi, A and Baldetorp, Bo and Milanese, C and Nespolo, A and Parma, R and Sandberg Wollheim, Magnhild}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Acta Neurologica Scandinavica}},
  title        = {{Analysis of peripheral blood lymphocyte phenotype and function during dexamethazone treatment of progressive multiple sclerosis}},
  volume       = {{84}},
  year         = {{1991}},
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