Gupta A, Sharma V K, Vohra H, Ganguly N K
Department of Experimental Medicine and Biotechnology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Clin Exp Immunol. 1999 Jul;117(1):56-62. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00908.x.
PBMC from tuberculoid (BT/TT) and lepromatous leprosy (BL/LL) leprosy patients showed spontaneous apoptosis when cultured in the absence of mitogen for 24 h, which was inhibited by anti-tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) antibodies. Apoptosis was also inhibited by ionomycin and zinc, which also increased IL-2 and decreased TNF-alpha production. The increase in IL-2 production suggests a mechanism whereby dietary supplements with zinc might alter the cell-mediated immunity response in leprosy patients.
来自结核样型(BT/TT)和瘤型麻风(BL/LL)患者的外周血单核细胞(PBMC)在无丝裂原培养24小时时显示出自发凋亡,这被抗肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)抗体所抑制。离子霉素和锌也抑制了凋亡,它们还增加了白细胞介素-2(IL-2)的产生并减少了TNF-α的产生。IL-2产生的增加提示了一种机制,即锌的膳食补充剂可能改变麻风患者的细胞介导免疫反应。