期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
卷 189, 期 -, 页码 115-123出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.063
关键词
Acute coronary syndrome; Immunosenescence; T-lymphocytes; Inflammation; Differentiation
资金
- Plan Estatal de I + D + I
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III [PI14/01566]
- FEDER Funding Program from the European Union
- Asturcor Foundation (Spain) [33006-Oviedo]
Background: Our aim was to investigate whether patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) display an overall T cell immunosenescence that could be contributing to worsening the stage of the disease. Methods and results: We compared the immunological status of 52 ACS patients, 21 controls with absence of coronary artery disease (CAD) (C1), and 50 healthy individuals (C2). We characterized leukocyte and T lymphocyte subpopulations by flow cytometry. CAD was classified according to SYNTAX score, number of diseased coronary vessels, previous episodes of ACS and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). ACS patients showed an increased number of total leukocytes, neutrophils and monocytes (p < 0.001), but a decreased number of lymphocytes (p < 0.05). ACS patients had significantly higher levels of NKcells and CD8+ T-cells (p < 0.05). ACS was associated with high differentiation in CD4+ and CD8+ T-lymphocytes. Frequencies of naive, naive CD31+, EM1, and pE1 subsets were significantly reduced in ACS patients (p < 0.05), while EM3, EM4 (in CD4+), and E (in CD8+) subsets were increased (p < 0.05). Aging of T-lymphocyte subpopulations was associated with a worse SYNTAX score (p < 0.05), and aging of CD4+ T-lymphocytes with a larger number of affected vessels, larger number of previous ACS episodes and lower LVEF, in ACS patients (p > 0.05). Furthermore, the proliferation ability of CD4+ and CD8+ T-lymphocyteswas significantly impaired in ACS patients (p < 0.05), although they had increased activation (p < 0.05). Conclusions: We conclude that ACS patients show a higher degree of T-lymphocyte immunosenescence than healthy controls, which could contribute to disease impairment through a compromised adaptive immune response. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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