摘要
为了探讨肿瘤坏死因子(TNF)在重症肌无力(MG)发病机理中的作用及其临床意义以及受糖皮质激素(GC)治疗的影响,应用MTT法检测了42例MG患者血清TNF水平,同时检测了其中36例MG患者血清乙酰胆碱受体抗体(AChRab),并观察了20例MG患者GC治疗前后TNF水平及AChRab的变化。结果显示:眼肌型、全身型MG患者血清TNF水平皆明显高于正常对照组,TNF水平变化与AChRab产生以及与MG临床类型、病情密切相关,GC治疗后血清TNF水平及AChRab阳性率明显降低。我们认为TNF在MG发病机理上发挥了重要作用,检测血清TNF水平对指导MG临床有重要价值。
Inordertounderstandtheroleoftumornecrosisfactor(TNF)inthepathogeneticmechanismofmyastheniagravis(MG),theclinicalvalueofTNFfortheMGpatientsandtheefectofglucocorticosteroids(GC)onTNFproductioninMGpatients.TheserumTNFlevelwereexam-inedin42MGpatientsand40normalcortrols(NC)withMTTassayaswelastheserumacetyl-cholinereceptorantibodies(AChRab)weredynamicalymeasuredin36MGpatients,measuredagainin20MGpatientsafterusingGC.TheserumTNFlevelofgeneralizedandbulbarMGpatientsweremuchhigherthanthatofNC.ThevariationofserumTNFlevelwererelatedtonotonlytheAChRabproductionbutalsotheclinicaltypesandthediseaseseverityofMG.TheserumTNFlevelandAChRabpositiverateweresignificantlyloweredafterusingGC.ItwasconsiderthatTNFplsysanimportantroleinthepathogeneticmechanisminthedevelopmentofMG.ThedeterminationofTNFwouldbeusefulinsuggestingtheclinicalmanagementofMG.GCcanhelpinhibittheproductionofTNFandAChRabinpatientswithMG.
出处
《中华神经科杂志》
CAS
CSCD
1996年第6期354-356,共3页
Chinese Journal of Neurology
关键词
重症肌无力
肿瘤坏死因子
乙酰胆碱受体
抗体
MyastheniagravisTumornecrosisfactorAcetylcholinereceptorantibodyGlucocorticosteroids