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- Jonsson, Charlotte A, 1971, et al.
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Mycophenolate mofetil ameliorates perivascular T lymphocyte inflammation and reduces the double-negative T cell population in SLE-prone MRLlpr/lpr mice.
- 1999
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In: Cellular immunology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0008-8749. ; 197:2, s. 136-44
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Effects on T lymphocyte mediated pathology, phenotypes, and functions in MRLlpr/lpr mice given mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) (100 mg/kg/day) via drinking water or controls given ip cyclophosphamide (CYC) injections (1.8 mg/mouse/week) or water were described. Both MMF and CYC treatment diminished kidney and large salivary gland perivascular cell infiltrates, reduced profoundly double-negative (DN) T cell frequencies, decreased total lymphocyte number in spleen, and increased in vitro proliferative response to Con A. IFN-gamma and IL-10 in supernatants from Con A stimulated spleen cells were augmented after MMF but not CYC treatment. MMF treatment increased whereas CYC reduced IL-12 in serum. Kidney expressions of IFN-gamma, IL-10, and IL-12 mRNA were unaffected by MMF but decreased by CYC. Our results demonstrate that MMF and CYC suppress perivascular T lymphocyte inflammation by reducing the DN T cell population and by amelioration of T cell function. The varying cytokine patterns suggest different mechanisms of the two drugs.
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