@article{1952,
  keywords = {Adult, B-Lymphocytes, Female, Humans, Immunoglobulin A, Immunoglobulin G, Immunoglobulin M, leprosy, Lymphocyte Activation, Male, Middle Aged, T-Lymphocytes},
  author = {Barnetson R and Barnetson A and Pearson J M and Kronvall G},
  title = {Does nonspecific T-lymphocyte stimulation of B lymphocytes occur during reversal reaction in borderline leprosy?},
  abstract = {<p>Serum immunoglobulins G, A, and M were estimated in 14 patients with border-line cases of leprosy at commencement of treatment and subsequently when they developed 'reversal reaction'. There was a significant increase in all immunoglobulin levels during the reaction, with a subsequent fall; the postreaction values for IgG and IgA were below the base-line figures. Additonal investigations in six patients indicated that the rise was a nonspecific one, not brought about by an increase in antimycobacterial antibodies. It seems likely that the rise in immunoglobulins during reaction is due to nonspecific T-lymphocyte stimulation of B lymphocytes.</p>},
  year = {1976},
  journal = {Scandinavian journal of immunology},
  volume = {5},
  pages = {287-91},
  month = {1976},
  issn = {0300-9475},
  doi = {10.1111/j.1365-3083.1976.tb00280.x},
  language = {eng},
}