REDUCTION IN HLA-DR ANTIGEN DENSITY ON ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES OF SMOKERS

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作者
PANKOW, W
NEUMANN, K
RUSCHOFF, J
SCHRODER, R
VONWICHERT, P
机构
[1] PHILLIPPS UNIV HOSP,DEPT INTERNAL MED,MARBURG,GERMANY
[2] PHILIPPS UNIV HOSP,DEPT PATHOL,MARBURG,GERMANY
关键词
ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES; SMOKING; HLA-DR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; CYTOPHOTOMETRY;
D O I
10.1007/BF02714161
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R56 [呼吸系及胸部疾病];
学科分类号
摘要
The expression of HLA class II genes is essential to the antigen-presenting function of monocytes and macrophages. With a new cytofluorometric method of single-cell analysis we investigated the density of HLA-DR antigen expression on alveolar macrophages (AM) of smokers. Although all AM of nonsmokers (100 +/- 1%) expressed HLA-DR antigens, only 79 +/- 12% of AM from smokers showed positive findings (p < 0.001). Furthermore, the antigen density of those cells expressing this antigen was significantly reduced in smokers (p < 0.001). The defective expression of class II genes on AM of smokers might contribute to the impaired antigen-presenting function found by some previous investigators.
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