METHYLPREDNISOLONE PULSE THERAPY INDUCED FALL IN NATURAL KILLER CELL ACTIVITY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
- 15 August 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Pathologica Microbiologica Scandinavica Series C: Immunology
- Vol. 92C (1-6) , 319-323
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1699-0463.1984.tb00094.x
Abstract
Natural killer (NK) cell activity was studied in 8 patients with classic or definite rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by investigating the killing of K-562 cells by peripheral blood lymphocytes before, during and after i.v. methylprednisolone pulse therapy (MPPT). MPPT produced a considerable fall in NK activity and after 3 mo. NK activity was less than half that before MPPT.Keywords
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