title: [The levels of T lymphocytes and thymic peptide antibodies in patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis and in those with cancer diseases].
abstract: A relationship of the levels of thymic peptide antibodies to those of the population and subpopulations of T lymphocytes was studied in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, lung or breast cancer. Indirect immunofluorescence was used to determine the count of CD3-, CD4-, CD80, CD38-, CD25-, CD71-, and CD95-lymphocytes. The levels of thymic peptide antibodies were estimated by enzyme immunoassay. Unlike cancer diseases, pulmonary tuberculosis was characterized by the combination of a significantly inverse correlation between the relative count of CD3-, CD4-, CD8-lymphocytes the levels of thymogen antibodies with a significantly direct correlation between the absolute count of CD25- and CD38-lymphocytes. The studies may recommend that the levels of thymic peptide antigens should be determined to select persons with immunodeficiency particularly those with inflammatory diseases.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Autenshlius
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Sedova
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Shkunov
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Mikhaĭlova
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Kuznetsova
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Rakhmanov
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000276:immunology*; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D017252:CD3 Complex; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell