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Clinical Trial
. 2003 Feb;27(2):245-8.
doi: 10.1002/mus.10285.

Effects of FK506 on myasthenia gravis patients with high interleukin-2 productivity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Kimiaki Utsugisawa  1 , Yuriko Nagane, Hisashi Yonezawa, Daiji Obara, Ryushi Kondoh, Hideo Tohgi
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Effects of FK506 on myasthenia gravis patients with high interleukin-2 productivity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Kimiaki Utsugisawa et al. Muscle Nerve. 2003 Feb.

Abstract

We compared the early effects of FK506 on clinical severity, interleukin-2 (IL-2) production by phytohemagglutinin-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMs), and serum levels of acetylcholine receptor antibodies between myasthenia gravis (MG) patients with elevated (>1250 pg/ml, n = 9) or normal (<1250 pg/mL, n = 10) levels of PBM IL-2 production. Reduction in clinical severity and PBM IL-2 production were significantly greater in the patients with elevated IL-2 production than those with normal PBM IL-2 production in the first month of treatment.

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