HU LIANG’AN, LI DAIRONG, LUO YONG’AI, et al. Peripheral blood CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in active pulmonary tuberculosis patients. [J]. Journal of army medical university, 2011, 33(20): 2124-2127.
HU LIANG’AN, LI DAIRONG, LUO YONG’AI, et al. Peripheral blood CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in active pulmonary tuberculosis patients. [J]. Journal of army medical university, 2011, 33(20): 2124-2127.DOI:
atients with active pulmonary tuberculosis(TB) and whether they suppress specific cellular immune responses. Methods The frequency and the immune function of circulating regulatory T cells were compared in 20 untreated patients with active pulmonary TB and 17 healthy matched control by using cell separation
flow cytometry analysis
proliferation assays and cytokines determination. Results The proportion of CD4
+
CD25
+
FoxP3
+
regulatory T cells within CD4
+
T cells was significantly increased in the blood of active pulmonary TB patients than heathy control subjects (
P
<
0.01). Responsing to both Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) and early secretory antigenic target-6 (ESAT-6)
the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of pulmonary TB patient had significantly higher cellular proliferation compared to the PBMCs from healthy donors (both
P
<
0.01)
and had higher IFN-γ production(both
P
<
0.05). PBMCs from pulmonary TB patient had significantly higher BCG-induced IFN-γ and IL-10 production after CD4
+
CD25
+
regulatory T cells depletion than before (both
P
<
0.05). CD4
+
CD25
-
cells isolated from TB patients had significantly lower BCG-stimulated and ESAT-6-stimulated IFN-γ production and IL-10 production with CD4
+
CD25
+
T cells from TB patients than in the cells without CD4
+
CD25
+
T cells (both
P
<
0.05). Conclusion CD4
+
CD25
+
FoxP3
+
regulatory T cells are expanded in patients with active pulmonary TB
and therefore contribute to the pathogensis of human TB by suppressing specific
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
cellular immune responses.
关键词
T淋巴细胞CD4+CD25+FoxP3+调节T细胞肺结核分枝杆菌 结核免疫
Keywords
T-lymphocytesCD4+CD25+FoxP3+regulatory T cellspulmonary tuberculosisMycobacterium tuberculosisimmunity