Enhanced sensitivity of trisomy 21 monocytes to the maturation-inhibiting effect ot interferon |
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Authors: | L B Epstein S H Lee C J Epstein |
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Affiliation: | Cancer Research Institute, and Departments of Pediatrics and of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Cultured peripheral blood monocytes from subjects with trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) demonstrated a 3.7-fold enhanced sensitivity to the maturation-inhibiting effect of leukocyte interferon. This increased sensitivity is considered to be the result of the presence of an increased concentration of the interferon receptor, which is controlled by the IfRec locus on human chromosome 21, on the surface of the trisomic monocytes. Since macrophages are important components of many immune processes and interferon is itself a product of and has regulatory functions in immune reactions, the enhanced sensitivity of trisomic monocytes to interferon may be a factor leading, paradoxically, to the greater susceptibility of trisomic individuals to viral and bacterial infections. |
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Keywords: | Address reprint requests to E. R. Stiehm UCLA Center for the Health Sciences Los Angeles Calif. 90024. |
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