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. 1982 Aug;49(2):290–296.

Kinetics of specific anti-influenza antibody production by cultured lymphocytes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus following influenza immunization.

D M Mitchell, P Fitzharris, R A Knight, G C Schild, M L Snaith
PMCID: PMC1536507  PMID: 7127906

Abstract

Specific antibody responses to influenza viral antigens produced by cultured peripheral blood mononuclear leucocytes stimulated with influenza virus or pokeweed mitogen (PWM) have been measured in seven patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) before and at time intervals after influenza immunization. Cells from two patients stimulated with influenza virus in vitro produced high levels of specific antibody 7 days after immunization. Cells from a third patient produced small amounts of specific antibody at day 14. No antibody was produced by cells from the remaining four patients. Responses were of short duration and were not detectable 1 month after immunization. Specific anti-influenza antibody was induced by PWM only from cells of those patients who responded to virus antigen although absolute levels of antibody produced were not as high. In six patients serum haemagglutination inhibiting antibody to influenza virus was measured, and all six had a greater than four-fold increase. The disparity between in vitro antibody production by peripheral blood mononuclear leucocytes and changes in serum antibody suggests that in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, in vitro functions of peripheral blood lymphocytes do not reflect the immune system as a whole.

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