STUDY OF THE CHANGES OF LYMPHOCYTE PHENOTYPE AND LYMPHOKINE PRODUCTION IN PATIENTS WITH APLASTIC ANEMIA AFTER THERAPY WITH ANTITHYMOCYTE GLOBULIN
Abstract
TWENTY-TWO PATIENTS WITH APLASTIC ANEMIA WERE ANALYSED BEFORE AND AFTER THERAPYWITH ANTITHYMOCYTE GLOBULIN. LYMPHOTYPE, LYMPHOKINE PRODUCTION AND HEMATOPOIETIC CELL NUMBER WERE MEASURED BEFORE AND 3 MONTHS AFTER THERAPY. IN ALL HEMATOLOGIC RESPONDERS THE NUMBER OF TAC+ LYMPHOCYTES AFTER ATG THERAPY WAS IN THE NORMAL RANGE, BUT HALF OF THE 12 NON-RESPONDING PATIENTS CONTINUED TO HAVE ABNORMALLY ELEVATED IN ALMOST HALF OF THE APLASTIC PATIENTS BEFORE TREATMENT. AFTER TREATMENT ONLY 3 PATIENTS CONTINUED TO HAVE DETECTABLE LEVELS. THESE RESULTS SUGGEST THAT THE TARGET OF ATG THERAPY MAY BE A TAC+ T-LYMPHOCYTE .
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