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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
DISEASE(S): active ITP
SUBMITTER: Bob Olsson
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-574 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature medicine 20030824 9
Chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a bleeding disorder that is characterized by increased platelet destruction and is believed to be autoantibody mediated. In this study, CD3+ T cells from ITP patients had increased expression of genes involved in cell-mediated cytotoxicity. In addition, cytotoxic cell-mediated lysis of autologous platelets was shown in active ITP. Our data suggest that T-cell-mediated cytotoxicity is an alternative mechanism for platelet destruction in ITP. ...[more]