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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 31, Issue 6, Pages 1120-1130Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-011-9571-1
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Memory and naive T cell subsets; polymorphonuclear cells; oxidative stress; cytokines
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- Buenos Aires University [UBACyT M010]
- CONICET [PIP 6104]
- A.N.P.C.y T [06-257]
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Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a chronic inflammatory liver disease associated with insulin resistance and its metabolic consequences. Leukocyte mobilization, intrahepatic activation, and an exacerbated production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and cytokines contribute to the development of NASH. Though alterations in peripheral blood (PB) T cell proportions and functionality remain unidentified, they might play a main role in NASH progression. We have compared the phenotype and Th1/Th2 commitment of peripheral immune cell reservoirs in adult patients and controls as well as the ability of neutrophils and monocytes to handle an ex vivo challenge. Also, we correlated those parameters with the main histological characteristics in NASH. Compared with controls, patients showed increased numbers of CD4(+) cells and both CD4(+) and CD8(+) CD45RO subsets together with a higher frequency of IFN-gamma-producing CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells. We also found a decreased number of CD4(+) and CD8(+) CD45RA subsets. The distinctive production of IFN-gamma highlights the significance of the observed skewed frequencies of PB T cells. Whereas ROS production by monocytes from NASH patients did not differ from controls, circulating neutrophils displayed a particularly higher phorbol myristate acetate-induced production of ROS. A negative correlation between oxidative burst and fibrosis grade was observed. This study reveals the presence of a characteristic profile of peripheral immune cells in NASH. We also discuss the probable influence of obesity on some of our present findings.
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