FAN Qu-ming,ZHANG Guo-yuan,LIU Jian-ping,YAN Ming-sheng,LIU Yan-hua,TANG Zhong,HE Lan.Proportion of leukomonocyte subgroup and T-helper type 1/T-helper type 2 balance in tuberculous pleural effusion and malignant pleural effusion[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2008,30(18):1749-1752.
FAN Qu-ming,ZHANG Guo-yuan,LIU Jian-ping,YAN Ming-sheng,LIU Yan-hua,TANG Zhong,HE Lan.Proportion of leukomonocyte subgroup and T-helper type 1/T-helper type 2 balance in tuberculous pleural effusion and malignant pleural effusion[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2008,30(18):1749-1752.DOI:
Objective To investigate the possible role of T-helper type 1/T-helper type 2 balance in the pathogenesis of human tuberculous and malignant pleuris
y by examining the proportion of T leukomonocyte subgroup: CD3
+
CD3
+
CD4
+
CD3
+
CD8
+
and evaluating the distribution features of Th1-type cytokines (INF-γ
IL-18 and TNF-α) and Th2-type cytokine (IL-10) in tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and malignant pleural effusion (MPE). Methods Twenty-four samples of tuberculous pleural effusion and 28 samples of malignant pleural effusion were collected and detected the karyocyte cell counting
classification
proportion of T leukomonocyte subgroup CD3
+
CD3
+
CD4
+
CD3
+
CD8
+
and the ratio of CD4
+
/CD8
+
. Simultaneously
the concentrations of INF-γ
IL-18
TNF-α and IL-10 were measured with ELISA before treatment. Results The proportion of CD3
+
CD3
+
CD4
+
or CD4
+
/CD8
+
in TPE was significantly higher than that in MPE. The median concentrations of INF-γ
IL-18
TNF-α and IL-10 in pleural effusion were 942.0
1 526
62 pg/ml and 153 pg/ml in TPE
and 10.35
1 763
8.85 pg/ml and 66.85 pg/ml in MPE respectively. The levels of INF-γ
TNF-α and IL-10 in TPE were significantly higher (about 90-fold
7-fold and 2-fold respectively) than that in MPE (P0.01). However
no significant difference of IL-18 was found between the two kinds of pleural effusions (P0.05). The ratio of IL-18 to IL-10 in TPE was markedly lower than that in MPE (P0.01). Conclusion Tuberculous pleural effusion presents a process with Th1-dominant pathogenesis. Malignant pleural effusion presents impaired T help leukomonocytes
Th2-dominant pathogenesis and depressed Th1 immune response
which may contribute to the low cellular immunity in the patients with malignant pleural effusion. INF-γ might be an available indicator to distinguish tuberculous pleural effusion from malignant pleural effusion with high specificity and sensitivity.