Lim S D, Kiszkiss D F, Jacobson R R, Choi Y S, Good R A
Infect Immun. 1974 Feb;9(2):394-9. doi: 10.1128/iai.9.2.394-399.1974.
Study of the numbers of thymus-derived lymphocytes by the rosette assay (T-RFC) in patients with leprosy reveals that lower than normal numbers of T-RFC are regularly seen in those patients with the active lepromatous form of this disease. Essentially normal numbers of T-RFC were found in inactive lepromatous, borderline, and indeterminate types of leprosy. The lowest percentages and lowest absolute numbers of T-RFC were encountered in patients with lepromatous leprosy resistant to chemotherapy. Patients with lepromatous leprosy complicated by erythema nodosum leprosum show numbers of T-RFC that are more nearly normal than the numbers of T-RFC in patients with uncomplicated lepromatous leprosy. These findings are discussed with respect to the pathogenesis of lepromatous leprosy and the T-RFC deficiency demonstrated in this disease. The possibility that transient defects in T-RFC numbers or function may predispose to lepromatous leprosy is proposed.
通过玫瑰花结试验(T-RFC)对麻风病患者胸腺来源淋巴细胞数量的研究表明,在这种疾病的活动性瘤型麻风患者中,经常可以看到T-RFC数量低于正常水平。在非活动性瘤型、界线类和未定类麻风患者中发现T-RFC数量基本正常。在对化疗耐药的瘤型麻风患者中,T-RFC的百分比和绝对数量最低。合并麻风结节性红斑的瘤型麻风患者的T-RFC数量比未合并瘤型麻风患者的T-RFC数量更接近正常水平。就瘤型麻风的发病机制以及该疾病中所显示的T-RFC缺乏进行了讨论。提出了T-RFC数量或功能的短暂缺陷可能易患瘤型麻风的可能性。