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Natural killer cell numbers and function in peripheral lymphoid cells in Behcet's disease
Author(s) -
KANEKO F.,
TAKAHASHI Y.,
MURAMATSU R.,
ADACHI K.,
MIURA Y.,
NAKANE A.,
MINAGAWA T.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1985.tb02083.x
Subject(s) - behcet's disease , peripheral , medicine , peripheral blood , immunology , natural killer cell , disease , cell , pathology , biology , in vitro , cytotoxic t cell , biochemistry , genetics
SUMMARY We have studied NK cell activity and numbers in the peripheral blood obtained from patients with Behcet's disease and from normal healthy controls. NK cell activity in the peripheral blood of patients in the clinically‐active stage of Behcet's disease was significantly lower than that of patients in the inactive stage and normal controls. In contrast, it was observed that the actual number of NK cells was markedly increased in the peripheral blood of patients with active disease. The addition of α‐interferon (INF‐α) to these cells showed significant augmentation of NK cell activity. These results suggest that the patients with active Behcet's disease lack a factor which activates NK cells.