University of Patras
ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΩΝ ΜΕΤΑΒΟΛΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΛΕΜΦΟΚΥΤΤΑΡΙΚΩΝ ΠΛΗΘΥΣΜΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΗΣ ΛΕΜΦΟΚΙΝΩΝΣΕ ΑΡΡΩΣΤΟΥΣ ΜΕ ΑΠΛΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΑΝΑΙΜΙΑ ΜΕΤΑ ΑΠΟ ΘΕΡΑΠΕΙΑ ΜΕ ΑΝΤΙΘΥΜΟΚΥΤΤΑΡΙΚΗ ΣΦΑΙΡΙΝΗ
Abstract
dc:descriptionTWENTY-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 .
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- University of Patras
- Year dc:date
- 1989
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Πλατανιάς, Λεωνίδας
Subjects
dc:subject × 20- ANTITHYMOCYTE-GLOBULIN
- Aplastic Anemia
- Hematopoiesis
- Immunosuppression
- Interferon
- Interleukin-2
- LIMPHOKINES
- Lymphocytes
- Αιματοποίηση
- Ανοσοκαταστολή
- ΑΝΤΙΘΥΜΟΚΥΤΤΑΡΙΚΗ ΣΦΑΙΡΙΝΗ
- Απλαστική αναιμία
- Ιντερλευκίνη-2
- Ιντερφερόνες
- ΛΕΜΦΟΚΙΝΕΣ
- Λεμφοκύτταρα
- Ιατρική και Επιστήμες Υγείας
- Κλινική Ιατρική
- Medical and Health Sciences
- Clinical Medicine
Rights
- Language dc:language
- gre
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- 10.12681/eadd/1050
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:10442/1050