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FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00157
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tuberculosis; Treg; Th17; treatment; monitoring
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- Defence Research & Development Establishment [DRDE-P1-2015/Task-216]
Treatment monitoring is an essential aspect for tuberculosis (TB) disease management. Sputum smear microscopy is the only available tool for monitoring, but it suffers from demerits. Therefore, we sought to evaluate markers and cellular subsets of T regulatory (Treg) cells and T helper (Th) 17 cells in pulmonary TB patients (PTB) for TB treatment monitoring. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were stimulated in vitro (with purified protein derivative (PPD)) overnight which was followed by a polychromatic flow cytometry approach to study Treg and Th17 markers and cellular subsets in PTB (n = 12) undergoing antituberculous treatment (ATT). The baseline levels of these markers and cellular subsets were evaluated in normal healthy subjects (NHS). We observed a significant decrease in the expression of CD25 (p<0.01) marker and percentage of T-cell subsets like CD4(+)CD25(+) (p<0.001) and CD4(+)CD25(+)CD39(+) (p<0.05) at the end of intensive phase (IP) as well as in the continuation phase (CP) of ATT. A decrease in CD25 marker expression and percentage of CD4(+)CD25(+)T cell subset showed a positive correlation to sputum conversion both in high and low sputum positive PTB. In eight PTB with cavitary lesions, only CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3 Treg subset manifested a significant decrease at the end of CP. Thus, results of this study show that CD25 marker and CD4(+)CD25(+)T cells can serve as better markers for monitoring TB treatment efficacy. The Treg subset CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3 may be useful for prediction of favorable response in PTB with extensive lung lesions. However, these findings have to be evaluated in a larger patient cohort.
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