title: Abnormalities of CD4+ T lymphocyte proliferative responses from patients with recently diagnosed insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
abstract: To investigate the abnormalities of cell-mediated immunity in patients with recently diagnosed insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), we studied the responses of the two major T lymphocyte subsets from peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) to mitogen stimulation. Samples for PBL were obtained from a group of IDDM patients and from a group of normal controls. CD4+ and CD8+ T cells were isolated and were subsequently stimulated with three specific lymphocyte mitogens, namely Phytohemagglutinin (PHA), Concanavalin A (Con A) and Pokeweek mitogen (PWM). The proliferative response was measured by incorporation of radioactive thymidine in lymphocyte cultures which were stimulated by the three mitogens. The responses of CD8+ T cells from IDDM patients and from controls were not significantly different. However, CD4+ T cells from IDDM patients showed significantly depressed responses to PHA and Con A and to a much lesser extent to PWM. These data provide new information regarding the CD4+ T lymphocyte abnormalities found in patients with IDDM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: al-Kassab
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raziuddin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000276:immunology; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D037102:Lectins