Disorders of regulatory T cell function in patients with the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Clin Exp Immunol. 1984 Apr;56(1):23-8.

Abstract

Three patients with the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome were studied. One of them had no past history of relevant infections. The other two presented different degrees of humoral and cellular immunodeficiency and their T cells in vitro showed a defect in regulatory activity of Ig production in PWM stimulated cultures. This defect was not observed in the third patient. All three had normal numbers of B cells, producing normal amounts of Ig in vitro when co-cultured with normal T cells. It is suggested that the immunoregulatory T cell abnormality might play an important role in the pathogenesis of the humoral immunodeficiency.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • B-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Cellular
  • Immunoglobulin E / biosynthesis
  • Immunoglobulin M / deficiency
  • Immunoglobulins / biosynthesis
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / immunology
  • Infant
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Lymphocyte Activation
  • Male
  • Pokeweed Mitogens
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome / immunology*

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Immunoglobulins
  • Pokeweed Mitogens
  • Immunoglobulin E