Study was conducted in 24 cases of various types of leprosy and 10 healthy controls to find out the effect of various sera on the T cell count of peripheral blood lymphocytes by sheep erythrocyte rosetting method. The percentage of T lymphocytes in lepromatous and tuberculoid cases were significantly lower compared to that in normal healthy controls. All sera except FCS had a stimulatory effect on the number of T cells. The cells incubated for 24 hours in FCS did not show any stimulatory effect on the number of T cells, however, these FCS incubated cells showed a significant elevation in the number of T cells when further incubated in sera either from leprosy cases or from healthy subjects.
BT - Indian journal of leprosy C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6335891?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1984 Oct-Dec IS - 4 J2 - Indian J Lepr LA - eng N2 -Study was conducted in 24 cases of various types of leprosy and 10 healthy controls to find out the effect of various sera on the T cell count of peripheral blood lymphocytes by sheep erythrocyte rosetting method. The percentage of T lymphocytes in lepromatous and tuberculoid cases were significantly lower compared to that in normal healthy controls. All sera except FCS had a stimulatory effect on the number of T cells. The cells incubated for 24 hours in FCS did not show any stimulatory effect on the number of T cells, however, these FCS incubated cells showed a significant elevation in the number of T cells when further incubated in sera either from leprosy cases or from healthy subjects.
PY - 1984 SP - 784 EP - 91 T2 - Indian journal of leprosy TI - Effect of leprosy sera and foetal calf serum (FCS) on the T cell number of peripheral blood of leprosy patients. VL - 56 SN - 0254-9395 ER -