SUB-POPULATIONS OF LYMPHOCYTE-T IN MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS PATIENTS

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 36  (1) , 85-89
Abstract
Subpopulations of human peripheral blood T [thymus-derived] lymphocytes were examined in 23 myasthenic patients. T lymphocytes bearing receptors for the Fc portion of Ig[immunoglobulin]G (T.gamma.) were significantly increased in 1/3 of the patients examined. T lymphocytes bearing receptors for the Fc portion of IgM (T.mu.) were within normal values in all but 2 patients. Possible implications of these cells in the pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis are discussed.