INHIBITION OF INTERFERON GAMMA PRODUCTION BY PERIPHERAL-BLOOD MONONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTES OF PATIENTS WITH SARCOIDOSIS - PATHOGENIC IMPLICATIONS

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作者
BERTRAN, G
ARZT, E
RESNIK, E
MOSCA, C
NAHMOD, V
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[1] Depto. de Sustancias Vasoactivas, Instituto de Investigaciones Medicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
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10.1378/chest.101.4.996
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R4 [临床医学];
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1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要
Interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) production by stimulated peripheral mononuclear leukocytes of 30 patients with sarcoidosis was studied. A significant inhibition (64 percent, 5 to 330 IU/ml vs normal individuals = 1,000 +/- 250 IU/ml) in the IFN-gamma-synthesis was found. The inhibition is due to a defect in the circulating monocytes and not in the peripheral T lymphocytes of these patients. This defect in the peripheral IFN-gamma-production could be involved in the pathogenesis of this disease.
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