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[TCR alpha beta + CD4- CD8- T cells among the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of myasthenia gravis patients]. 1996

Y Nagane, and K Utsugisawa, and R Matsubara, and M Yamagata, and H Tohgi
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.

We investigated the occurrence of TCR alpha beta + CD4- CD8- mononuclear cells (DN alpha beta T cells) and TCR gamma delta + CD3+ mononuclear cells (gamma delta T cells) among the peripheral blood mononuclear cells of 22 myasthenia gravis patients (MG) and 22 controls in order to examine whether extrathymic T cell subpopulations might be responsible for the pathogenesis of MG. The differences between the mean percentages of both DN alpha beta T cells and gamma delta T cells in the MG patients (DN alpha beta T cells: 0.53 +/- 0.51%, gamma delta T cells: 3.45 +/- 2.79%) and the controls (DN alpha beta T cells: 0.32 +/- 0.16%, gamma delta T cells: 3.81 +/- 2.36%) were not significantly different. However, higher DN alpha beta T cells ratios (1.48 approximately 1.84%) were noted in three MG patients. Thymectomy and subsequent thorough dissection of the anterior mediastinum 3 years after thymectomy had no effect on the symptoms of one patient, a 25-year-old woman without thymoma. The other two patients, a 45-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman without thymoma, had recurrences despite long-term remissions (14 years and 30 years, respectively) after thymectomy. Examination of DN alpha beta T cells, which are probably generated extrathymically without negative selection, may play an important role in understanding the pathogenesis in these three cases of MG.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007963 Leukocytes, Mononuclear Mature LYMPHOCYTES and MONOCYTES transported by the blood to the body's extravascular space. They are morphologically distinguishable from mature granulocytic leukocytes by their large, non-lobed nuclei and lack of coarse, heavily stained cytoplasmic granules. Mononuclear Leukocyte,Mononuclear Leukocytes,PBMC Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells,Peripheral Blood Human Mononuclear Cells,Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell,Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells,Leukocyte, Mononuclear
D008297 Male Males
D009157 Myasthenia Gravis A disorder of neuromuscular transmission characterized by fatigable weakness of cranial and skeletal muscles with elevated titers of ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS or muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase (MuSK) autoantibodies. Clinical manifestations may include ocular muscle weakness (fluctuating, asymmetric, external ophthalmoplegia; diplopia; ptosis; and weakness of eye closure) and extraocular fatigable weakness of facial, bulbar, respiratory, and proximal limb muscles. The disease may remain limited to the ocular muscles (ocular myasthenia). THYMOMA is commonly associated with this condition. Anti-MuSK Myasthenia Gravis,MuSK MG,MuSK Myasthenia Gravis,Muscle-Specific Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Myasthenia Gravis,Muscle-Specific Tyrosine Kinase Antibody Positive Myasthenia Gravis,Myasthenia Gravis, Generalized,Myasthenia Gravis, Ocular,Anti MuSK Myasthenia Gravis,Generalized Myasthenia Gravis,Muscle Specific Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Myasthenia Gravis,Muscle Specific Tyrosine Kinase Antibody Positive Myasthenia Gravis,Myasthenia Gravis, Anti-MuSK,Myasthenia Gravis, MuSK,Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D016516 CD4-CD8 Ratio Ratio of T-LYMPHOCYTES that express the CD4 ANTIGEN to those that express the CD8 ANTIGEN. This value is commonly assessed in the diagnosis and staging of diseases affecting the IMMUNE SYSTEM including HIV INFECTIONS. T4-T8 Ratio,CD4 CD8 Ratio,CD4-CD8 Ratios,T4 T8 Ratio,T4-T8 Ratios
D016692 Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta T-cell receptors composed of CD3-associated gamma and delta polypeptide chains and expressed primarily in CD4-/CD8- T-cells. The receptors appear to be preferentially located in epithelial sites and probably play a role in the recognition of bacterial antigens. The T-cell receptor gamma/delta chains are separate and not related to the gamma and delta chains which are subunits of CD3 (see ANTIGENS, CD3). Antigen Receptors, T-Cell, gamma-delta,T-Cell Receptors delta-Chain,T-Cell Receptors gamma-Chain,T-Cell Receptors, gamma-delta,TcR gamma-delta,Antigen T Cell Receptor, delta Chain,Antigen T Cell Receptor, gamma Chain,Receptors, Antigen, T Cell, gamma delta,T Cell Receptors, gamma delta,T-Cell Receptor delta-Chain,T-Cell Receptor gamma-Chain,T-Cell Receptor, gamma-delta,T Cell Receptor delta Chain,T Cell Receptor gamma Chain,T Cell Receptor, gamma delta,T Cell Receptors delta Chain,T Cell Receptors gamma Chain,TcR gamma delta,delta-Chain, T-Cell Receptor,delta-Chain, T-Cell Receptors,gamma-Chain, T-Cell Receptor,gamma-Chain, T-Cell Receptors,gamma-delta T-Cell Receptor,gamma-delta T-Cell Receptors,gamma-delta, TcR
D016693 Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta T-cell receptors composed of CD3-associated alpha and beta polypeptide chains and expressed primarily in CD4+ or CD8+ T-cells. Unlike immunoglobulins, the alpha-beta T-cell receptors recognize antigens only when presented in association with major histocompatibility (MHC) molecules. Antigen Receptors, T-Cell, alpha-beta,T-Cell Receptors alpha-Chain,T-Cell Receptors beta-Chain,T-Cell Receptors, alpha-beta,TcR alpha-beta,Antigen T Cell Receptor, alpha Chain,Antigen T Cell Receptor, beta Chain,Receptors, Antigen, T Cell, alpha beta,T Cell Receptors, alpha beta,T-Cell Receptor alpha-Chain,T-Cell Receptor beta-Chain,T-Cell Receptor, alpha-beta,T Cell Receptor alpha Chain,T Cell Receptor beta Chain,T Cell Receptor, alpha beta,T Cell Receptors alpha Chain,T Cell Receptors beta Chain,TcR alpha beta,alpha-Chain, T-Cell Receptor,alpha-Chain, T-Cell Receptors,alpha-beta T-Cell Receptor,alpha-beta T-Cell Receptors,alpha-beta, TcR,beta-Chain, T-Cell Receptor,beta-Chain, T-Cell Receptors

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