Effects of intravenous immune globulin on the peripheral lymphocyte phenotypes in Kawasaki disease.
Author(s): Lee HK, Kim DS, Noh GW, Lee KY
Affiliation(s): Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Publication date & source: 1996-10, Yonsei Med J., 37(5):357-63.
Publication type: Clinical Trial; Randomized Controlled Trial
The effect of intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) on the lymphocyte phenotypes in acute Kawasaki disease (KD) was studied in a random trial of IVIG-and-aspirin versus aspirin-alone. Before therapy, patients in each treatment group had an increased percentage of B cells, and a decreased percentage of T cells, CD4 T cells, CD8 T cells and CD5+ B cells. There was no significant difference in immunologic parameters between the two groups measured before therapy. Patients treated with IVIG-and-aspirin had by the fourth day developed a highly-significant increase in T cells, CD4 T cells and CD8 T cells and a decrease in B cells. Despite the decrease of B cells, there were significant increases in CD5+ B cells in both treatment groups. However, the degree of increase in the IVIG-and-aspirin treated group was significantly more noticeable than that in the aspirin-alone treated group. These findings indicate that treatment with IVIG restores the T- and B- cell abnormalities, especially CD5+ B-cell abnormalities found in patients with acute KD.
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