Cytotoxic activity of peripheral blood and cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytes from patients with multiple sclerosis and other neurological diseases. Analysis at the single cell level using morphological and surface marker phenotype criteria

Journal of Neuroimmunology
J E MerrillG W Ellison

Abstract

The large granular lymphocyte (LGL) has been identified in normal individuals' MNC population as the NK-K cell (Ault and Weiner 1978; Timonen et al. 1981); it bears the OKM1 surface antigen (Breard et al. 1981; Fast et al. 1981) and while negative for T cell antigens OKT4 and OKT8, is a low avidity E-rosette forming cell. However, in a unfractionated nylon wool passed peripheral blood lymphocyte (NWP PBL) population, we show that not more than 50% of KN activity in normal or OND control NWP PBL and 30% NK activity in MS NWP PBL can be attributed to this cell. Nevertheless, 100% of control K cell activity and 50% of MS K cell activity can be mediated by an LGL. MS patients have normal proportions of LGLs in their NWP PBL. The proportion of LGLs in CSF of MS and OND patients is too low to account for the number of CSF K cells. While in control NWP PBLs, the LGLs are OKM1+ and mediate NK and ADCC, in MS the LGL NK effectors are probably different from LGL-K cell effectors. In MS both populations include effector cells with cell surface antigens. Thus, the OKM1+ LGL characteristics may not be used in analysis of NK and K cells in multiple sclerosis.

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Jul 15, 1998·Journal of Neuroimmunology·L F KastrukoffD W Paty
Jul 1, 1993·Journal of Neuroimmunology·H S Panitch, C T Bever
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Jan 1, 1984·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·J E MerrillG W Ellison
Jan 1, 1984·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·P A Neighbour

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