PMID- 3537015 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19870121 LR - 20190828 IS - 0303-6979 (Print) IS - 0303-6979 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 9 DP - 1986 Oct TI - Blastogenetic responsiveness of peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with adult periodontitis, evaluated by a reverse hemolytic plaque assay. PG - 805-9 AB - Peripheral blood lymphocytes were obtained from 10 patients with advanced periodontitis and from 5 normal control subjects. The lymphocytes were cultured with dental plaque, supernatant of homologous fibroblast cytoplasm and Pokeweed-mitogen (PWM). The number of immunoglobulin-secreting cells (ISC) was assessed after 7 days using a reverse hemolytic plaque assay (RHPA). The stimulation levels of lymphocytes from periodontitis patients and control subjects stimulated with dental plaque and PWM were not statistically different (p greater than 0.05). In contrast, the number of ISC produced after stimulation with fibroblast cytoplasm was increased significantly in the patients group (p less than 0.05). These data support the hypothesis that autologous substances play an important role in the cellular immune responses of patients with severe chronic inflammatory periodontal disease (CIPD). FAU - Kopp, W AU - Kopp W FAU - Marggraf, E AU - Marggraf E LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Clin Periodontol JT - Journal of clinical periodontology JID - 0425123 RN - 0 (Immunoglobulins) RN - 0 (Pokeweed Mitogens) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Dental Plaque/physiopathology MH - Female MH - Fibroblasts/physiology MH - *Hemolytic Plaque Technique MH - Humans MH - Immunity, Cellular MH - Immunoglobulins/analysis MH - *Lymphocyte Activation MH - Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Periodontitis/*blood/immunology MH - Pokeweed Mitogens/pharmacology EDAT- 1986/10/01 00:00 MHDA- 1986/10/01 00:01 CRDT- 1986/10/01 00:00 PHST- 1986/10/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1986/10/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1986/10/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1986.tb02234.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Periodontol. 1986 Oct;13(9):805-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1986.tb02234.x.