Article
Impaired autologous mixed-lymphocyte reaction of peripheral blood lymphocytes in adult periodontitis.
Infection and immunity - 1 Dec 1991
Kimura S, Fujimoto N, Okada H
Abstract excerpt
The autologous mixed-lymphocyte reactions (AMLR) of peripheral blood lymphocytes from 80 patients with adult periodontitis were examined. Some but not all patients showed clearly low AMLR responses; 31 of 80 subjects (39%) showing consistently low responses in AMLR (less than the mean--2 standard deviations of the healthy control group values) were designated low-AMLR patients, whereas the 42 patients (53%) who...
Topics
- Adult
- Antigens, CD
- CD4 Antigens
- CD8 Antigens
- Female
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Histocompatibility Antigens
- Humans
- Interleukin-2
- Leukocyte Common Antigens
- Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed