Phenytoin desensitization monitored by antigen specific T cell response using carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester dilution assay.
Phenytoin desensitization monitored by antigen specific T cell response using carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester dilution assay. Research Abstract Details
We evaluated drug-specific T cell responses in a patient with refractory partial seizures and paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis successfully treated with clinical desensitization to phenytoin. Drug-induced lymphocyte transformation test before desensitization was negative with a stimulation index of 130%. The frequencies and cytokine-producing phenotypes of phenytoin-specific T cells were examined simultaneously by using a carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester (CFSE) dilution assay. Before desensitization, the proportion of CFSE(low) CD4+ cells in whole CD4+ was 3.09%; 13.6% of CFSE(low) CD4+ cells were stained with anti-interferon gamma antibody. After desensitization, phenytoin-specific CFSE(low) CD4+ cells decreased to background level. These results indicate that CFSE dilution assay will be useful for the diagnosis and monitoring of drug hypersensitivity.
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PUBLICATION TYPE: Journal Article
Journal: European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN :
VOLUME: 11
Page Numbers: 385-8
Journal Abbreviation: Eur. J. Paediatr. Neurol.
ISSN: 1090-3798
DAY: 10
MONTH: 04
YEAR: 2007
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AFFILIATION: Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan; Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
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