title: The suppressive effect of serum samples from patients with chancroid on human mononuclear cells correlates with the clinical picture and is interleukin-2-dependent.
abstract: Plasma samples from patients with chancroid diagnosed both on clinical and microbiological grounds were assessed for their ability to inhibit mitogen-induced proliferation of human lymphocytes from healthy donors. All serum samples analysed suppressed phytohaemagglutinin A (PHA) blastogenic response. A significant difference in the observed extent was seen when serum samples from patients with and without associated lymphadenopathy were compared (P < 0.05). Using an interleukin-2 (IL-2)-dependent cell line it could be demonstrated that the addition of patients' plasma to cultured cells markedly depressed mitogen-induced IL-2 synthesis. Results presented suggest that cell-mediated mechanisms play a role in the pathogenesis of infection due to Haemophilus ducreyi.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Korting
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zaba
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Ballard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Abeck
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002602:Chancroid / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000502:physiology; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology*; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins