FcIgG receptor-bearing lymphocytes and monoclonal antibody-defined T cell subsets in atopic dermatitis: Effect of treatment with thymopoietin pentapeptide (Tp-5)

Örjan Strannegård, Inga Lisa Strannegård, Kefei Kang, Kevin D. Cooper, Jon M. Hanifin

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Abstract

Lymphocyte subpopulations were determined in the blood of patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) before and after treatment with the thymopoietin pentapeptide TP-5. The relative and absolute numbers of lymphocytes bearing suppressor/cytotoxic cell markers (FcIgG+E+ and T8+ cells) were significantly decreased in the untreated patients and the T4+/T8+ cell ratio was increased, indicating an imbalance between lymphocyte subpopulations in AD. Patients who had been treated for 6 weeks with TP-5 displayed no significant abnormality of any of the lymphocyte subsets studied and comparison of pre-and posttreatment values revealed that there was a statistically significant increase in T8+ cell numbers, that by contrast did not take place in placebo-treated AD patients. The treatment had no demonstrable effect on IgE serum levels or on the spontaneous in vitro production of IgE by cultured lymphocytes from the patients.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)238-244
Number of pages7
JournalInternational Archives of Allergy and Immunology
Volume69
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1982

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Immunology

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