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- Title
Induction of Suppressor Activity on B--Cell Differentiation in Human T--Cell Subset without Fc(IgG) Receptors by Levamisole Administration.
- Authors
Moriya, N.; Miyawaki, T.; Seki, H.; Kubo, M.; Nagaoki, T.; Okuda, N.; Taniguchi, N.
- Abstract
A single oral dose of 150 mg levamisole was administered to five healthy adults. Circulating Fc(IgG) receptor-bearing T cells (Tγ cells) increased for 5 days alter levamisole intake, but total E rosette-forming cells showed no significant alterations. The generetion of immunoglobulin- producing ceils in the peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL), which was induced in the in vitro pokeweed mitogen (PWM)-stimulated cultures, was significantly suppressed for 5 days after levamisole administration. Suppressor T-cell activity on B-cell differentiation, which was induced by levamisole intake, was evaluated by co-culturing with allogeneic untreated adult PBL in the PWM system in six other volunteers. A seemingly dose-dependent suppression on B-cell differentiation was exerted by T cells isolated on day 3 of levamisole treatment, but not by T cells which were isolated before or on day 14 of the experiment. When T cells were fractionated into two subsets with regard to the presence or absence of Fc(IgG) receptors, suppressor T-cell activity appeared to be generated by levamisole largely in T cells lacking Fc(IgG) receptors, but not in Tγ cells.
- Subjects
SUPPRESSOR cells; T cells; B cells; LYMPHOCYTES; POKEWEED mitogens; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; CELL differentiation; ANTIGEN presenting cells
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 1979, Vol 10, Issue 6, p535
- ISSN
0300-9475
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3083.1979.tb01387.x