I have some info for you, which may or may not help (see below). The relationship may not be between MG and t cells but a primary issue with the immune system in general.

Does your immunologist think that you have a primary immunodeficiency? With the number of immune states you have, that's not unheard of. Kind of like the "chicken egg" conundrum.

You can't rule out environmental or food toxins when you think of immune issues. Do you live in an area that has a history of toxic issues?

T cells are basically white blood cells. Have you seen a hematologist to explore this more? Have they looked at your blood cells via a peripheral blood smear? It would certainly be worth a 2nd view on this. Hematologists are the blood/cancer guys and deal with these issues in depth.

I personally don't have relatives with MG but do with other AI's.

I hope you can figure out this puzzle, so that you can feel better!

Annie


A little T cell B cell tutorial.

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ult...nd_Tcells.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21922466

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21636248

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21570918

http://www.fpnotebook.com/id/Immune/PrmryImndfcncy.htm

Has your liver function been checked? Spleen? Have you had an AIDS test?

Mercury can also cause t-cells to undergo apoptosis (cell death).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9600808