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  • Title: Immunodynamics of minimal change nephrotic syndrome in adults T and B lymphocyte subsets and serum immunoglobulin levels.
    Author: Yokoyama H, Kida H, Tani Y, Abe T, Tomosugi N, Koshino Y, Hattori N.
    Journal: Clin Exp Immunol; 1985 Sep; 61(3):601-7. PubMed ID: 3878244.
    Abstract:
    Thirty-two adult patients with minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) were studied in order to clarify the characteristics of the immune system in MCNS and their relation to clinical activity. In the active phase (n = 17), serum immunoglobulin (Ig) M and E levels, B lymphocytes (surface Ig-positive cells) and their subsets, surface IgG, IgM and IgE positive cells; B gamma, B mu and B epsilon, were increased, whereas the serum IgG level and OKT3-reactive cells, peripheral T lymphocytes; T3, were decreased. In the remitted phase maintained by steroid therapy (n = 17), serum Igs and B lymphocyte subsets tended to return to normal levels concomitant with decreases in T3 and T4, and an increase in T8 in consequence of a marked decrease in T4/T8 (helper/suppressor) ratio. In stable remission continuing with no steroid therapy (n = 14), the above abnormalities returned to normal ranges, except for serum IgM which remained at a high level and re-elevated serum IgE. These results suggest that immunological abnormalities in MCNS are characterized by acceleration of the IgE and IgM producing systems and impaired maturation of the IgG producing system despite normal differentiation from the IgM producing to IgG producing system, possibly caused by T lymphocyte dysfunction.
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