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Although the expression of HLA-DR antigens on colonic epithelium in ulcerative colitis has been observed by several groups, the results of the expression in remission have been conflicting and there has been virtually no study concerning the expression in non-inflamed area in active ulcerative colitis. We studied systematically HLA-DR expression on colonic epithelium in 37 patients with ulcerative colitis chronologically, namely in remission as well as in the active stage and inflamed and non-inflamed areas simultaneously in the active stage. HLA-DR antigens were detected by indirect peroxidase staining using anti-HLA-DR monoclonal antibody. We confirmed the previous observation that epithelium from control colon does not express HLA-DR antigens, while epithelium from ulcerative colitis expresses the antigens with high frequency (83.3 percent). In addition, we demonstrated that HLA-DR expression on colonic epithelium in active ulcerative colitis disappeared in remission. Our new finding was that there is no HLA-DR expression on colonic epithelium in non-inflamed mucosa in active ulcerative colitis. Namely HLA-DR antigens were expressed only on inflamed epithelium of ulcerative colitis. These results lead to the conclusion that the expression of HLA-DR antigens on colonic epithelium in ulcerative colitis is closely related to the inflammation of mucosa.
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