T-cell subsets analyzed by monoclonal antibodies in patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases

Tohoku J Exp Med. 1984 Mar;142(3):231-8. doi: 10.1620/tjem.142.231.

Abstract

The proportion of T-cell subsets was normal in all patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia except for an 8-month patient who showed a decrease in OKT8+ T-cell population. In two patients with hypogammaglobulinemia with IgM production, T-cell subsets were normal in distribution and the patients' B cells produced only IgM in culture with autologous T cells. A patient with common variable immunodeficiency showed no imbalance in distribution of T-cell subsets. Imbalance of regulatory T-cell subsets was found in a patient with DiGeorge syndrome and severe combined immunodeficiency.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Agammaglobulinemia / genetics
  • Agammaglobulinemia / immunology
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • DiGeorge Syndrome / immunology
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin M / biosynthesis
  • Immunoglobulins / biosynthesis*
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / immunology*
  • Infant
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Male
  • T-Lymphocytes / classification
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • X Chromosome

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Immunoglobulins