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EnglishChurg Strauss Syndrome (CSS) is a systemic vasculitis in which oligoclonal T cell expansions might be involved in the pathogenesis. Combined analysis of TCR-Vbeta expression profile by flow cytometry and of TCR gene rearrangement by heteroduplex PCR was used to detect and characterize T cell expansions in 8 CSS patients, 10 asthmatics and 42 healthy subjects. In all CSS patients one or two Vbeta families were expanded among CD8+ cells, with an effector memory phenotype apt to populate tissues and inflammatory sites. Heteroduplex PCR showed the presence of one or more clonal TCR rearrangements, which reveals monoclonal or oligoclonal T cells subpopulations. After purification with a Vbeta specific monoclonal antibody, each CD8+/Vbeta+ expanded family showed a single TCR rearrangement, clearly suggestive of monoclonality. All CD8+ expansions were detectable throughout the disease course. TCR-Vbeta expanded or deleted populations were not observed in asthmatic patients. Clonal CD8+/Vbeta+ T cell expansions might be useful as a disease marker.
| Titolo: | Clonal CD8+ TCR-Vbeta expanded populations with effector memory phenotype in Churg Strauss syndrome | |
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| Autori: | Giuseppe Guida; Antonella Vallario; Stefania Stella; Monica Boita; Paola Circosta; Sara Mariani; Giuseppina Prato; Enrico Heffler; Roberta Bergia; Antonino Sottile; Giovanni Rolla; Alessandro Cignetti | |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2008 | |
| Abstract: | Churg Strauss Syndrome (CSS) is a systemic vasculitis in which oligoclonal T cell expansions might be involved in the pathogenesis. Combined analysis of TCR-Vbeta expression profile by flow cytometry and of TCR gene rearrangement by heteroduplex PCR was used to detect and characterize T cell expansions in 8 CSS patients, 10 asthmatics and 42 healthy subjects. In all CSS patients one or two Vbeta families were expanded among CD8+ cells, with an effector memory phenotype apt to populate tissues and inflammatory sites. Heteroduplex PCR showed the presence of one or more clonal TCR rearrangements, which reveals monoclonal or oligoclonal T cells subpopulations. After purification with a Vbeta specific monoclonal antibody, each CD8+/Vbeta+ expanded family showed a single TCR rearrangement, clearly suggestive of monoclonality. All CD8+ expansions were detectable throughout the disease course. TCR-Vbeta expanded or deleted populations were not observed in asthmatic patients. Clonal CD8+/Vbeta+ T cell expansions might be useful as a disease marker. | |
| Volume: | 128 | |
| Fascicolo: | 1 | |
| Pagina iniziale: | 94 | |
| Pagina finale: | 102 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1016/j.clim.2008.03.505 | |
| Parole Chiave: | Churg Strauss Syndrome; Flow cytometry; Gene rearrangement; T cell Receptor; T-lymphocyte; Aged; Biomarkers; CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes; Churg-Strauss Syndrome; Clone Cells; Female; Flow Cytometry; Gene Expression; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene Rearrangement, beta-Chain T-Cell Antigen Receptor; Genes, T-Cell Receptor beta; Humans; Immunophenotyping; Male; Middle Aged; Phenotype; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; T-Lymphocyte Subsets; Immunologic Memory; Immunology; Immunology and Allergy | |
| Rivista: | CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY | |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 03A-Articolo su Rivista |
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