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Casadó-Llombart S, Gheitasi H, Ariño S, Consuegra-Fernández M, Armiger-Borràs N, Kostov B, Ramos-Casals M, Brito-Zerón P, Lozano F. Gene Variation at Immunomodulatory and Cell Adhesion Molecules Loci Impacts Primary Sjögren's Syndrome. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:822290. [PMID: 35372412 PMCID: PMC8971656 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.822290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disease triggered by a combination of environmental and host genetic factors, which results in the focal lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine glands causing eye and mouth dryness. Glandular infiltrates include T and B cell subsets positive for CD5 and/or CD6, two surface scavenger receptors involved in the fine-tuning of intracellular signals mediated by the antigen-specific receptor complex of T (TCR) and B (BCR) cells. Moreover, the epithelial cells of inflamed glands overexpress CD166/ALCAM, a CD6 ligand involved in homo and heterotypic cell adhesion interactions. All this, together with the reported association of functionally relevant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of CD5, CD6, and CD166/ALCAM with the risk or prognosis of some immune-mediated inflammatory disorders, led us to investigate similar associations in a local cohort of patients with pSS. The logistic regression analyses of individual SNPs showed the association of CD5 rs2241002T with anti-Ro/La positivity, CD6 rs17824933C with neutropenia, and CD6 rs11230563T with increased leukopenia and neutropenia but decreased peripheral nervous system EULAR Sjögren's syndrome disease activity index (ESSDAI). Further analyses showed the association of haplotypes from CD5 (rs2241002T-rs2229177C) with anemia and thrombocytopenia, CD6 (rs17824933G-rs11230563C-rs12360861G) with cutaneous ESSDAI, and CD166/ALCAM (rs6437585C-rs579565A-rs1044243C and rs6437585C-rs579565G-rs1044243T) with disease susceptibility and several analytical parameters (anti-nuclear antibodies, neurological ESSDAI, and hematologic cytopenias). These results support the relevance of gene variation at loci coding for cell surface receptors involved in the modulation of T and B lymphocyte activation (CD5, CD6) and epithelial-immune cell adhesion (CD166/ALCAM) in modulating the clinical and analytical outcomes in patients with pSS.
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- Sergi Casadó-Llombart
- Immunoreceptors del Sistema Innat i Adaptatiu, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Autoimmune Diseases, ICMiD, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Immunoreceptors del Sistema Innat i Adaptatiu, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Immunoreceptors del Sistema Innat i Adaptatiu, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Immunoreceptors del Sistema Innat i Adaptatiu, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Primary Care Centre Les Corts, Consorci d'Atenció Primària de Salut Barcelona Esquerra (CAPSBE), Barcelona, Spain
- Primary Healthcare Transversal Research Group, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Autoimmune Diseases, ICMiD, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research and Innovation Group in Autoimmune Diseases, RGAD-Sanitas Digital Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
- Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Internal Medicine, Millenium Clinic, Sanitas, Barcelona, Spain
- *Correspondence: Pilar Brito-Zerón
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- Immunoreceptors del Sistema Innat i Adaptatiu, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Servei d'Immunologia, Centre de Diagnòstic Biomèdic, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Departament de Biomedicina, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Francisco Lozano
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Kotb A, Ismail S, Kimito I, Mohamed W, Salman A, Mohammed AA. Increased CD5+ B-cells are associated with autoimmune phenomena in lepromatous leprosy patients. J Infect Public Health 2019; 12:656-659. [PMID: 30904499 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2018] [Revised: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Leprosy is a chronic slowly progressive infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae that primarily affects the skin and peripheral nerves. Lepromatous leprosy is characterized by absence of T-cell responses to M. leprae and advanced clinical disease. It is frequently associated with the presence of autoantibodies, which might be related to CD19+CD5+ and CD19+CD5- B lymphocyte percentages. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the percentages of CD19+CD5+ and CD19+CD5- B cell subsets as well as the total B cells in lepromatous leprosy patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty lepromatous leprosy patients and ten healthy subjects served as control were included in this study. Venous blood samples were analyzed by flow cytometry to determine the B cell subsets and total B cell percentages. RESULTS Compared to healthy controls, the percentages of CD19+CD5+ B cell subset and total B cells were found to be significantly higher in the patient group. While, the percentage of CD19+CD5- B cell subset was found to be higher in the patient group than the control without any significantly difference. Regarding the eye affection, the percentage of total B cells was observed to be significantly higher in affected patients compared to the non-affected group. CONCLUSION The observed significant increases in CD19+CD5+ and total B cell percentages in patients with lepromatous leprosy suggests a possible role of these cells in the disorganized protective immune response as well as the development of eye complications in these patients.
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- Attia Kotb
- Genomic Department, Life Science College, Niigata University, 950-2181, Niigata, Japan; Department of Biology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia; Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research, Biochemistry Department, KSU, P.O. Box 2455, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Dermatology Department, Medicine Collage, Tanta University, 33717, Tanta, Egypt
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- Genomic Department, Life Science College, Niigata University, 950-2181, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Biology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research, Biochemistry Department, KSU, P.O. Box 2455, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Center of Excellence in Biotechnology Research, Biochemistry Department, KSU, P.O. Box 2455, 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Sakly K, Lahmar R, Nefzi F, Hammami S, Harzallah O, Sakly N, Sakly W, Hassine M, Mahjoub S, Ghedira I, Feki S. Phenotypic abnormalities of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with Behçet's disease and association with HLA-B51 expression. Immunol Invest 2014; 43:463-78. [PMID: 24661088 DOI: 10.3109/08820139.2014.886260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the subclasses and the immunophenotypic profile of peripheral mononuclear cells in patients with Behçet's disease (BD) and to assess associations between the expression of HLA-B51 antigen and that of other cell markers. Thirty healthy volunteer blood donors and forty patients with BD were enrolled into this study. Phenotyping was performed using two color flow cytometry. HLA-B51 typing was performed using the complement dependent microlymphocytotoxicity assay. Unlike controls, patients with BD presented a modified immunophenotypic profile of lymphocytes. Compared to those in the remission phase, patients with active BD showed an increased mean of MFI ratio of CD56 on CD16+CD56+ cells (32.47 ± 14.26 versus 23.87 ± 10.3; p = 0.032), increased absolute numbers of CD4(-)CD8(bright) and CD4(+)CD8(+) cells (657.1 ± 463.6 cells/µL versus 319.24 ± 116.4 cells/µL; p = 0.017 and 40.77 ± 36.41 cells/µL versus 10.77 ± 9.78 cells/µL; p < 0.0001, respectively) and an elevated mean of MFI ratio of CD19 on B cells (252.3 ± 56.7 versus 205.67 ± 32.3; p = 0.021). However, expression of HLA-B51 was not associated with any specific immunophenotypic profile. In conclusion, abnormal immunophenotypic profile of peripheral lymphocytes was found in patients with BD, especially in active phase, reflecting an immune dysregulation. Moreover, HLA-B51 expression was not found to be related to the expression of other cell markers.
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- K Sakly
- Research Unit 03/UR/07 "Autoimmunity and Allergy", Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Monastir , Monastir , Tunisia
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Kramer JM, Klimatcheva E, Rothstein TL. CXCL13 is elevated in Sjögren's syndrome in mice and humans and is implicated in disease pathogenesis. J Leukoc Biol 2013; 94:1079-89. [PMID: 23904442 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0113036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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SS is an autoimmune disease. pSS affects exocrine glands predominantly, whereas sSS occurs with other autoimmune connective tissue disorders. Currently, care for patients with SS is palliative, as no established therapeutics target the disease directly, and its pathogenetic mechanisms remain uncertain. B-cell abnormalities have been identified in SS. CXCL13 directs B-cell chemotaxis and is elevated in several autoimmune diseases. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that CXCL13 is elevated in SS in mice and humans and that neutralization of the chemokine ameliorates disease in a murine model. We assayed CXCL13 in mouse models and human subjects with SS to determine whether CXCL13 is elevated both locally and systemically during SS progression and whether CXCL13 may play a role in and be a biomarker for the disease. Cxcl13 expression in salivary tissue increases with disease progression, and its blockade resulted in a modest reduction in glandular inflammation in an SS model. We demonstrate that in humans CXCL13 is elevated in serum and saliva, and an elevated salivary CXCL13 level distinguishes patients with xerostomia. These data suggest a role for CXCL13 as a valuable biomarker in SS, as 74% of patients with SS displayed elevated CXCL13 in sera, saliva, or both. Thus, CXCL13 may be pathogenically involved in SS and may serve as a new marker and a potential therapeutic target.
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- Jill M Kramer
- 1.School of Dental Medicine, 211 Foster Hall, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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Serologic factors in early relapse of IgG4-related orbital inflammation after steroid treatment. Am J Ophthalmol 2013; 155:373-379.e1. [PMID: 23111178 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2012] [Revised: 07/25/2012] [Accepted: 07/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine whether serologic factors correlate with early relapse in cases of IgG4-related orbital inflammation, a lymphoproliferative disorder. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS We examined the orbital images and serum data of 30 patients with (n=24) or without (n=6) corticosteroid treatment before and after corticosteroid treatment and 6 months after discontinuation of corticosteroid treatment. RESULTS Seven patients (23%) (all with corticosteroid treatment) had elevated serum levels of rheumatoid factor. Of the 24 patients with corticosteroid treatment, 24 (100%) showed regression of the lesion, but 8 of the 24 (33%) showed relapse. The serum IgG4 levels before and after corticosteroid treatment were not significantly different between the relapsed and nonrelapsed groups (P=.5 and P=.2, respectively). However, the incidence of patients who were rheumatoid factor-positive was significantly higher in the relapsed group (P=.02). The 6 patients without corticosteroid treatment showed minor proliferation or regression of the lesion at the 6-month follow-up. CONCLUSIONS The serum rheumatoid factor level may correlate with proliferative activity in IgG4-related orbital inflammation.
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Larsson A, Bredberg A, Henriksson G, Manthorpe R, Sallmyr A. Immunohistochemistry of the B-Cell Component in Lower Lip Salivary Glands of Sjogren's Syndrome and Healthy Subjects. Scand J Immunol 2005; 61:98-107. [PMID: 15644129 DOI: 10.1111/j.0300-9475.2005.01540.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Serial sections of lower lip salivary gland (LSG) biopsies were examined by immunohistochemistry, using a battery of B- and partly T-related antibodies (CD5, CD20, CD21, CD27, CD38, CD45RO, CD79a, Bcl-2 and Bcl-6) in different groups of subjects: healthy controls and clinically verified smoking or nonsmoking cases of primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). The purpose was to characterize the B-cell pattern of the lymphocytic foci and of the tiny perivascular infiltrates preceding the development of foci. Hyperplastic tonsil was used as stain control. In normal LSG, widely dispersed CD38+ and CD79a+ as well as some CD5+ cells are a normal constituent, with lack of staining with the other antibodies. In SS/LSG, the lymphocytic foci showed staining with all the antibodies, with variable degrees of overlapping or nonoverlapping. In SS/LSG of nonsmokers, CD20+ B cells make up a prominent part of the fully developed periductal lymphocytic foci, not overlapping with CD45RO. Also, CD20+ B cells did not overlap in the infiltrates with colocalized CD27+/CD38+ cells. CD20+ B cells and CD45RO+ T cells also occur as minute infiltrates perivascularly in areas of no foci in SS/LSG as well as in SS smokers lacking the typical foci. Smokers lack foci, but tiny infiltrates express CD20 as well CD45R0. Our findings suggest that CD20+ B cells and CD45RO+ T cells are early immigrants in the LSG of SS of smokers as well as nonsmokers and that another subgroup of CD27+/CD38+ B cells gradually mix with the first two to form the characteristic foci in SS/LSG. The simultaneous demonstration of CD20+ and CD27+ B cells in SS/LSG may constitute a significant diagnostic tool. Further, the findings suggest that the early immigrating lymphocytes may have been primed at a site remote from the glands before arriving via the blood to the gland tissue.
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- A Larsson
- Department of Oral pathology, Centre for Oral Health Sciences, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
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Hansen A, Odendahl M, Reiter K, Jacobi AM, Feist E, Scholze J, Burmester GR, Lipsky PE, Dörner T. Diminished peripheral blood memory B cells and accumulation of memory B cells in the salivary glands of patients with Sjögren's syndrome. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2002; 46:2160-71. [PMID: 12209521 DOI: 10.1002/art.10445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To delineate the mechanism of the abnormalities in B cell biology found in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHODS The distribution of peripheral B cell subpopulations in 21 patients with primary SS was analyzed by immunofluorescence labeling and flow cytometry. Immunoglobulin rearrangements were analyzed in single B cells isolated from the peripheral blood and parotid glands by fluorescence-activated cell sorting. RESULTS A significant reduction in the number of peripheral CD27+ memory B cells was found in SS patients, including a significantly reduced number of CD27+/IgD+/IgM+/CD5+ memory B cells. Remarkably, SS patients with secondary lymphoma uniquely exhibited an increase in CD27-expressing peripheral B cells, including CD27(high) plasmablasts. Molecular analysis for mutated Ig gene rearrangements confirmed that CD27 expression distinguished naive and memory cells in SS. In contrast to the peripheral blood, the majority of parotid B cells from 1 patient examined exhibited both the mutational status and phenotype of memory B cells. Accordingly, the mutational frequencies of V(H) rearrangements were significantly greater in parotid B cells than in peripheral blood B cells, whereas the V(H) gene repertoire appeared to be very similar between the compartments. CONCLUSION These data indicate that there is an accumulation/retention of memory B cells in the inflamed salivary glands of SS patients. It is possible that preferential accumulation of CD27+ memory B cells in the inflamed parotid gland explains their reduction in the peripheral blood.
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- Arne Hansen
- University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany
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Dörner T, Lipsky PE. Abnormalities of B cell phenotype, immunoglobulin gene expression and the emergence of autoimmunity in Sjögren's syndrome. ARTHRITIS RESEARCH 2002; 4:360-71. [PMID: 12453312 PMCID: PMC153845 DOI: 10.1186/ar603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2002] [Revised: 09/05/2002] [Accepted: 09/16/2002] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by specific pathologic features and the production of typical autoantibodies. In addition, characteristic changes in the distribution of peripheral B cell subsets and differences in use of immunoglobulin variable-region genes are also features of pSS. Comparison of B cells from the blood and parotid gland of patients with pSS with those of normal donors suggests that there is a depletion of memory B cells from the peripheral blood and an accumulation or retention of these antigen-experienced B cells in the parotids. Because disordered selection leads to considerable differences in the B cell repertoire in these patients, the delineation of its nature should provide important further clues to the pathogenesis of this autoimmune inflammatory disorder.
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- Thomas Dörner
- Department of Medicine, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany.
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The ability to track lymphocyte differentiation and activation via the expression of cell surface marker molecules has had an enormous impact on diagnosis, monitoring and therapy of a wide range of diseases. Here, Katalin Pálóczi highlights studies from Hungary on the clinical applications of such analysis.
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- K Pálóczi
- National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Budapest, Hungary
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Foster HE, Calvert JE, Kelly CA, Griffiths ID. Levels of CD5+ B cells are not increased in probands or relatives in a family study of primary Sjögren's syndrome. Autoimmunity 1992; 12:207-14. [PMID: 1285317 DOI: 10.3109/08916939209148461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Levels of CD5+ B lymphocytes were assayed in a large family study of Primary Sjögren's syndrome. There was no significant difference in CD5 expression by index cases or their relatives when compared to controls. No association between CD5 expression, serological abnormalities or HLA haplotype was found and, furthermore, no evidence of linkage with HLA was observed. There was, however, variation in the expression of CD5+ B cells between the families. Levels in spouses were lower and reached statistical significance. The role for genetic and environmental factors influencing CD5 expression is discussed. Any genetic influence does not appear to involve the HLA region or genes in linkage disequilibrium.
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- H E Foster
- Department of Rheumatology, Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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