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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RHINOLOGY & ALLERGY
Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 11-16Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2010.24.3386
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B-cell recruitment; CCL25/TECK; CCL28/MEC; chemokines; chronic rhinosinusitis; CXCL12/SDF-1alpha; CXCL13/BCA-1; nasal polyposis
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- National Institutes of Health [R01 HL068546, R01 HL078860, R01 AI072570]
- Ernest S. Bazley Trust
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [R01HL068546, R37HL068546, R01HL078860] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [R01AI072570] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Background: B-cell responses may play a role in the Pathogenesis of nasal polyposis via local IgA and IgE production and activation of eosinophils and mast cells. B-cell attracting chemokines may therefore have relevance in the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNPs) Methods: Polyp and inferior turbinate tissues were obtained front CRSwNPs, CRS without NPs (CRSsNPs), and control patients; ELISA and reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction were used to detect levels of protein and mRNA for selected B-cell chemokines (B-cell attracting chemokine I [CXCL13/B3CA-1/BLC]), thymus expressed chemokine (CCL25/TECK), mucosae-associated epithelial chemokine (CCL28/MEC), stromal cell-derived factor/alpha (CXCL12/SDF-1alpha), and selected chemokine receptor genes (CXCR4, CXCR5, and CXCR7). Results: BCA-1 and SDF-1alpha protein levels were significantly increased in polyp tissue compared with turbinate tissue from CRSsNP patients and controls (p < 0.05 and p < 0.01, respectively). Differences in TECK and MEC were not significant. For mRNA, expression of BCA-1 was significantly up-regulated in polyp tissue and levels correlated with CD20 mRNA expression. Additionally, significant up-regulation of mRNA for the SDF-1alpha receptors CXCR7 and CXCR4 Was detected in polyps, while there was a trend for up-regulation of the BCA-1 receptor CXCR5. Conclusion: Elevated levels of the BCA-1 and SDF-1alpha and their receptors may account for an increased presence of B cells and their products, contributing to eosinophilic inflammation in patients with CRSwNP. (Am J Rhinol Allergy 24, 11-16, 2010; doi: 10.2500/ajra.2010.24.3386)
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