The comparison of antibody-dependent (ADCC) and lectin-induced (LICC) cytotoxic activities of human blood lymphocytes in healthy and diseased subjects.
Antibody-dependent and PHA-induced cytotoxicity of peripheral blood lymphocytes in healthy human subjects and in patients with primary glomerulopathies (non-treated and on immunosuppressive treatment) as well as hemodialyzed and transplanted patients were investigated. Heavy disorders of ADCC and LICC activity in the groups of uremic patients and in patients on immunosuppressive therapy were found. Higher sensitivity to immunosuppressive treatment demonstrated that the lymphocytes exerted an antibody-dependent rather than a PHA-induced cytotoxicity. Results presented suggested the participation of two different lymphocyte subpopulations with ADCC and LICC activity in the regulatory and pathological processes.
D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D001782:Blood Donors; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology
D010835:Phytohemagglutinins