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. 1980 Nov;42(2):345–354.

Identification of three FcR-positive T cell subsets (T gamma, T mu and T gamma mu) in the cerebrospinal fluid of multiple sclerosis patients.

J E Merrill, G Biberfeld, S Landin, A Sidén, E Norrby
PMCID: PMC1537105  PMID: 6970641

Abstract

Proportions of T cells and T cell subsets, as identified by their Fc receptors (FcR) for IgM and IgG (Tmu and T gamma), were determined in the peripheral blood lymphocyte (PBL) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lymphocyte populations in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). On average, MS patients had 79% total T cells (62% of which were T gamma, 66% Tmu) in CSF lymphocytes compared to 66% total T cells (30% T gamma, 63% Tmu) in PBL. Normal age- and sex-matched controls PBL had 74% total T cells (20% T gamma, 54% Tmu). By direct observation using an indirect immunofluorescence assay, 41% of the CSF T gamma cells in MS patients bore receptors for IgM; these cells were designated T gamma mu and, according to the double-marker analysis, did not seem to correlate with disease stage. In MS PBL, 20% of T gamma cells were T gamma mu compared to 9% in the control PBL T gamma population. Thus, MS patients had a higher proportion of total T cells, T gamma cells and T gamma mu cells in their CSF than in their peripheral blood and than those populations found in normal control blood. The significance of this T gamma mu population for the continuing disease state in MS is discussed.

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