Affiliation:
1. Department of Rheumatology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Abstract
SUMMARY
We have previously demonstrated enhanced synovial fluid (SF) antigen-presenting cell (APC) function in inflammatory arthritis patients selected on the basis of marked SF mononuclcar cell (MNC) responsiveness to reactive arthritis-associated bacteria (Clin Exp Immunol 1990; 79:189-94). In this study we have assessed whether similarly enhanced synovial APC function is present in other inflammatory arthritis patients by using two assay systems to study 18 rheumatoid arthritis patients whose MNC responsiveness had not been determined in advance. We demonstrate that rheumatoid SF APC are much more potent than peripheral blood (PB) APC in stimulating the responses of autologous PB T cells to a range of recall antigens. In addition, SF APC are shown to be efficient stimulators of the antigen-specific responses of MHC-compatible, cloned T cells. Enhanced synovial APC function is thus likely to be a general feature of inflammatory arthritis and may play an important role in its pathogenesis.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Immunology,Immunology and Allergy
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