Journal
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 88, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/sji.12674
Keywords
antigens; peptides; epitopes; cell activation; cells; cytokines; invitro; inflammation; molecules; T cells
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81270094, H0108]
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CD4 (+) Th1-CXCR3 signalling pathway may play a key role in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this study was to explore Th1/Th2 cytokines ratio differences in patients in different stages of COPD and to confirm the hypothesis that elastin exposure might serve as an antigen to initiate the stimulation of CD4 (+) Th1-CXCR3 immune inflammation pathway. Patients of COPD in different stages and normal individuals were enrolled. Ten millilitres of peripheral blood was drawn from patients. The concentration of CXCR3, IFN-, IL-2, IL-4 and IL-13 in plasma was detected by ELISA. The Naive CD4(+)T cells were isolated from the peripheral blood mononuclear cells, which were stimulated by elastin and collagen before determining the level of IFN- secretion by ELISPOT. Compared with control group, the concentration of CXCR3 in the acute exacerbation COPD (AECOPD) group was higher (P<.05). The concentration of IFN- and IL-2 in AECOPD group was lower than that in remission (P<.05). The concentration of IFN- in the AECOPD and remission was higher than that in controls (P<.05), while IL-2 was opposite (P<.01). The concentration of IL-4 and IL-13 in AECOPD group was higher than that in the controls (P<.05). The CD4(+)Th1 cells stimulated by the elastin as antigen secreted more IFN- than that by collagen (P<.01). CXCR3 was highly expressed in patients with COPD. There were different Th1/Th2 cytokines in different stages of COPD. The CD4+Th1-specific conversion and activation may be an initiator of COPD immune inflammatory response.
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