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Circulating lymphocyte subsets and regulatory T cells in patients with postpartum thyroiditis during the first postpartum year. Clin Exp Med 2009; 9:263-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s10238-009-0046-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2009] [Accepted: 03/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gullu S, Emral R, Bastemir M, Parkes AB, Lazarus JH. In vivo and in vitro effects of statins on lymphocytes in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Eur J Endocrinol 2005; 153:41-8. [PMID: 15994744 DOI: 10.1530/eje.1.01941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Statins have apoptotic effects on many cell types. Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is an autoimmune disease in which cell-mediated autoimmune mechanisms are pathogenetically involved. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vivo effects of Simvastatin on thyroid function, lymphocyte subtypes and also to investigate the apoptotic effects of Simvastatin, Mevastatin, Pravastatin and Cerivastatin on lymphocytes from patients with HT. METHODS In the first part of the study, 11 patients with HT and subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) were given Simvastatin (20 mg/day) for 8 weeks. Ten patients with SH and HT served as the control group. No treatment was given to controls. Thyroid function, C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and lymphocyte subtypes of both groups were determined before the study and after 8 weeks. In the second part of the study, the apoptotic effects of statins on lymphocytes were evaluated in patients with HT (n = 10) and normal subjects (n = 10) in vitro. Apoptosis was investigated by using Annexin-V and propidium iodide. Lymphocytes from patients and controls were incubated with different concentrations of Simvastatin, Cerivastatin, Mevastatin and Pravastatin. RESULTS An increase in serum free tri-iodothyronine and free thyroxine levels and a decrease in TSH levels were observed (P < 0.05) with Simvastatin treatment. CD4+ cells and B lymphocytes increased whilst CD8+ cells, natural killer cells and activated T lymphocytes decreased significantly in the treatment group (P < 0.05). The CRP level of the group also decreased with Simvastatin but it did not reach significance (P = 0.057). None of parameters was found to be different from the baseline in the control group. In in vitro experiments, apoptosis was observed in CD3 + (both in CD8+ and CD4+ cells) with all statins in both patient and control samples. Mevalonate, which was used in experiments, reversed apoptosis in some but not all samples. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study suggested that Simvastatin is an immune modulatory agent and improves thyroid function in patients with HT. This effect is probably mediated via lymphocyte apoptosis as demonstrated with in vitro experiments and is not confined to Simvastatin since Mevastatin, Pravastatin and Cerivastatin also induced apoptosis in lymphocytes.
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- Sevim Gullu
- Ankara University, School of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Ibn-i Sina Hospital, 10th floor, D-Block, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey.
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Dang NH, Aytac U, Sato K, O'Brien S, Melenhorst J, Morimoto C, Barrett AJ, Molldrem JJ. T-large granular lymphocyte lymphoproliferative disorder: expression of CD26 as a marker of clinically aggressive disease and characterization of marrow inhibition. Br J Haematol 2003; 121:857-65. [PMID: 12786796 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2003.04365.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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T-large granular lymphocyte lymphoproliferative disorder (T-LGL LPD) is an indolent disease characterized by prolonged cytopenia and the presence of circulating large granular lymphocytes in the patient's peripheral blood. Although the disease is commonly thought of as indolent, most patients eventually require therapy because of recurrent infections secondary to neutropenia as well as a need for frequent blood product transfusions. CD26 is a 110-kDa surface glycoprotein with an essential role in T-cell function, including being a marker of T-cell activation and a mediator of T-cell activating signals. In this study, we evaluated CD26 expression in T-LGL patients and correlate CD26 expression with clinical behaviour. In addition, we examined the potential mechanism of cytopenia that is associated with this disorder. Our findings suggest that CD26 is a marker of aggressive T-LGL LPD and that CD26-related signalling may be aberrant in T-LGL LPD. Furthermore, inhibition of granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming units may be mediated by CD8+ cells of T-LGL LPD patients and is major histocompatibility complex class I-restricted.
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- Nam H Dang
- University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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The costimulatory properties of CD26 have been studied extensively and significant progress has been made in unravelling the complex nature of this molecule. Here, we summarize recent findings on molecular and functional characteristics of CD26. We argue that a multidisciplinary approach might reveal the molecular events underlying the role of CD26 in HIV infection and immune, inflammatory and endocrine responses.
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- I De Meester
- Laboratory for Medical Biochemistry, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.
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de Meester I, Scharpé S, Vanham G, Bosmans E, Heyligen H, Vanhoof G, Corte G. Antibody binding profile of purified and cell-bound CD26. Designation of BT5/9 and TA5.9 to the CD26 cluster. Immunobiology 1993; 188:145-58. [PMID: 8104877 DOI: 10.1016/s0171-2985(11)80494-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The CD26 activation antigen (Ag) which is expressed on a subpopulation of human T cells has been characterized as dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP IV, EC 3.4.14.5). In this paper, we describe the antibody binding profile of CD26/DPP IV, purified from human peripheral blood lymphocytes. The purified molecule binds to the anti-Ta1, anti-1F7 and anti-134-2C2 monoclonal antibodies (mAb), reported to react with cell-bound CD26 Ag. Among unclustered mAb recognizing T cell antigens, two, anti-BT5/9 and anti-TA5.9 were found to react with purified and cell-bound CD26 Ag. The classification of the BT5/9 Ag, the functional properties of the BT5/9+ T cell subset, as well as the in vivo effect of anti-BT5/9 mAb administration, are re-interpreted in the light of its specificity. Applying the anti-TA5.9 mAb in three color FACS analyses, we demonstrated that CD26+bright cells co-express CD45RO but not HLA-DR and CD38.
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MESH Headings
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/metabolism
- Antigen-Antibody Reactions
- Antigens, CD/immunology
- Antigens, CD/isolation & purification
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/isolation & purification
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte/metabolism
- Binding Sites, Antibody
- Chromatography, Affinity
- Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4
- Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases/immunology
- Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases/isolation & purification
- Dipeptidyl-Peptidases and Tripeptidyl-Peptidases/metabolism
- Humans
- T-Lymphocytes/enzymology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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- I de Meester
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium
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Afeltra A, Paggi A, Ferri GM, Amoroso A, Di Prima MA, Startari S, Faralli AR, Bonomo L. CD5+ B lymphocytes and CD4+ CD45RA+ T cells in Graves' disease. Endocr Res 1993; 19:73-85. [PMID: 7681770 DOI: 10.1080/07435809309035409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Fifteen patients affected by new-onset Graves' disease with ophthalmopathy have been examined for lymphocyte subset phenotypes by two-colour cytometric analysis. CD5+ B cells were significantly increased in comparison to the normal population (43.2 +/- 20.6% versus 19.5 +/- 6.9%; p < 0.0009); total T cells showed a normal amount (70.4 +/- 9.6%), but the levels of THLADR+ cells were significantly increased in comparison to the control group (13.7 +/- 10.5% versus 4.7 +/- 3.2%; p < 0.007). The characterization of the subset suppressor-inducer CD4+ CD45RA+, evaluated as percentage of the total CD4+ T cells, showed a significant decrease in comparison with the control group (43.8 +/- 13.5% versus 52.3 +/- 6.5%; p < 0.03). Serum immunoglobulin evaluation showed a statistically significant increase of IgM (p < 0.05) and a significant decrease of IgA (p < 0.02). A statistical correlation between IgM levels and percentage of CD5+ B cells has been found (p < 0.04). The defect of suppressor-inducer T cell subset, along with the increase of CD5+ B cells may contribute to the pathogenetic mechanism of the disease in patients with a genetically-induced aberrant immune response.
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- A Afeltra
- Institute III Clinica Medica, University La Sapienza, Rome
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Aozasa M, Amino N, Iwatani Y, Tamaki H, Matsuzuka F, Kuma K, Miyai K. Intrathyroidal HLA-DR-positive lymphocytes in Hashimoto's disease: increases in CD8 and Leu7 cells. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1989; 52:516-22. [PMID: 2474398 DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(89)90164-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The peripheral and intrathyroidal HLA-DR-positive (DR+) lymphocyte subsets that were activated in vivo in patients with Hashimoto's disease (HD) were examined by two-color flow cytometry with monoclonal antibodies against CD3, CD4, CD8, Leu7, CD19, and HLA-DR antigens. The proportions of total DR+ cells in peripheral lymphocytes and the proportions of DR+ cells in the CD3+, CD4+, and Leu7+ lymphocytes were higher in patients with HD than in normal controls. Furthermore, the proportions of total DR+ cells among intrathyroidal lymphocytes isolated from thyroid tissue of individuals with HD were higher than those in their peripheral lymphocytes. Interestingly, the proportions of DR+ cells among the CD3+, CD8+, and Leu7+ lymphocytes in the thyroid were greatly increased. These data indicate that (i) CD3+ T, especially CD4+ T helper/inducer, lymphocytes and Leu7+ NK/K cells are activated in peripheral blood in Hashimoto's disease and that (ii) CD3+ T, especially CD8+ T suppressor/cytotoxic, lymphocytes and Leu7+ NK/K cells are predominantly activated in Hashimoto's goiter, suggesting an increase of cell-mediated cytotoxicity in the thyroid in Hashimoto's disease.
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- M Aozasa
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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Kennedy RL. Inverse correlation between activated T cells and TSH receptor antibodies in Graves' disease. Autoimmunity 1989; 4:103-7. [PMID: 2491637 DOI: 10.3109/08916938909034364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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TSH receptor antibodies and peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets have been measured in fourteen patients with untreated Graves' thyrotoxicosis. CD8 (suppressor) cells were reduced (p less than 0.01) and helper/suppressor cell ratio was increased in Graves' patients. Increased levels of 4F2 positive (activated) T cells were found in the patients compared to controls (p less than 0.001) and there was a negative correlation between 4F2 positive cells and TSH receptor antibodies (TBII). It may be possible, with multiple immunological markers, to identify different stages in the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid disease.
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- R L Kennedy
- Clinical Sciences Centre, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
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- J Charreire
- INSERM U-283:, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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Bagnasco M, Venuti D, Prigione I, Torre GC, Ferrini S, Canonica GW. Graves' disease: phenotypic and functional analysis at the clonal level of the T-cell repertoire in peripheral blood and in thyroid. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1988; 47:230-9. [PMID: 3258213 DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(88)90075-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We have investigated at the clonal level the repertoire of intrathyroid and peripheral T lymphocytes in three patients with Graves' disease using a high efficiency cloning technique. Clonal efficiencies ranged from 10 to 31% for intrathyroid, and from 19 to 100% for peripheral T cells. In Graves' disease the phenotypic analysis showed similar percentages of CD3+ CD4+ CD8- and CD3+ CD4- CD8+ clones in thyroid infiltrates and peripheral blood. The functional evaluation showed similar or lower proportions of cytolytic clones in thyroid infiltrates with respect to peripheral blood. Furthermore, the proportions of intrathyroid and peripheral T-cell clones capable of releasing interleukin-2 and/or gamma-interferon in response to mitogen stimulation were similar. Finally, 44% of intrathyroid clones were neither cytolytic nor able to release IL-2 and gamma-interferon. These results are strikingly different from those obtained in Hashimoto's thyroiditis, where the large majority of intrathyroid T-cell clones are cytolytic and the proportions of clones able to release gamma-IFN are remarkably increased in thyroid infiltrates when compared to those obtained from peripheral blood. Taken together, these data suggest a different role for T lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of the two major human autoimmune thyroid diseases.
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- M Bagnasco
- Istituto Scientifico di Medicina Interna, Università di Genova, Italy
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- D H Ryan
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY 14642
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Risso A, Cosulich ME, Mazza MR, Bargellesi A. Functional and biochemical characterization of a human T-cell antigen related to the T3-Ti activation pathway. Cell Immunol 1987; 110:413-24. [PMID: 2961463 DOI: 10.1016/0008-8749(87)90133-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In this report we studied the antigen identified by the 5/9 monoclonal antibody. This antigen is expressed on approximately 15% of resting T lymphocytes with helper activity and increases following T-cell activation both in vivo and in vitro. The 5/9 monoclonal antibody triggered T-cell proliferation in the presence of suboptimal doses of phorbol12-myrisate 13-acetate (PMA) but this effect was strongly inhibited by antibody-induced modulation of the CD3 T-cell-receptor complex. The observation that a number of T-cell lines were brightly stained by the 5/9 monoclonal antibody after being activated with phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and PMA allowed the molecular characterization of the 5/9 antigen as well as the analysis of the biochemical mechanisms occurring after cell stimulation with 5/9 monoclonal antibody (Mab). An activated Jurkat T-cell line was labeled with 125I on the membrane: the monoclonal antibody immunoprecipitated a molecule displaying an apparent molecular weight of 34 kDa. In addition, 5/9 molecules, purified by immunoprecipitation from Jurkat cells, were found associated to a Ca2+ phospholipid-dependent protein kinase activity.
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- A Risso
- Istituto Scientifico Tumori, Università di Genova, Italy
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Irigoyen O, Mandich D, Bargellesi A. Functional studies of T4+ lymphocyte subsets distinguished by the monoclonal antibody 5/9: suppressor-effector T4+ lymphocytes derive from the 5/9+ subset. Cell Immunol 1987; 107:172-9. [PMID: 2953445 DOI: 10.1016/0008-8749(87)90277-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Human T lymphocytes bearing the cell surface antigen T4 are functionally heterogeneous, exerting helper/inducer, suppressor-inducer, suppressor-effector, and cytotoxic activities. Other cell surface antigens with a more restricted expression may help separate T4+ lymphocytes into functionally distinct subsets. This report describes the regulatory functions of T4+ lymphocytes fractionated by the monoclonal antibody 5/9, which detects a cell surface antigen present on 50-60% of T4+ lymphocytes. The results indicate that both 5/9+ and 5/9- T4 subsets contain helper/inducer and suppressor-inducer cells. Suppressor-effector activity, however, is found predominantly within the 5/9+ T4 subset. The 5/9 antibody thus identifies the suppressor-effector subset of T4+ lymphocytes, although it does not distinguish between T4+ cells with or without helper/inducer and suppressor-inducer functions.
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Blom J, Harrisson CM, Schuurman RK, Schot JD. A comparison of two fluorescence-activated cell sorters, the FACSIV (laser) and the FACSTm (mercury lamp), as research analyzers for the quantification of T and B cell subsets in human peripheral blood. J Immunol Methods 1986; 95:39-46. [PMID: 3097157 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(86)90315-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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T cell subset determinations were performed on 146 peripheral blood samples from healthy volunteers, and on 112 samples from immune deficient patients using two fluorescence-activated cell sorters (the FACSIV laser, and the FACSTm mercury lamp analyzer). The procedures necessary for the use and calibration of the FACSTm analyzer are discussed, and detailed. Using the FACSTm analyzer, counts were made of T and B cell subsets in 28 patients with multiple infections, 9 patients suffering from the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and 16 patients with a primary immunodeficiency disease. These results were compared with data obtained from 47 healthy volunteers, as control references. Results from the two instruments proved closely comparable, both qualitatively and quantitatively.
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Costa A, Benedetto V, Ricci C, Borelli P, Fadda E, Ravarino N, Torchio B, Dario U, Fragapane P, Varvello G. Immunological features of endemic goiter. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1986; 41:265-72. [PMID: 3490338 DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(86)90110-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Some immune aspects of simple endemic goiter have been studied through a comparison of IgG, IgA, IgM, kappa and lambda chains, and C3 and C4 in the peripheral blood of 59 patients operated on for goiter and the peripheral blood of 49 normal controls. The median IgM was lower in the goiter blood. The incidence of thyroglobulin (Tg) and microsomal (Mi) antibodies (Abs) was 20.3% in goiter blood and that of nonthyroid autoAbs was 37%. Active and total rosetted blood lymphocytes were counted and OKT3, OKT4, OKT8, Leu 1, Leu3a, Leu2b, T DR+, and NK cell populations were classified. Helper T cells were occasionally decreased when goiter was associated with lymphocytic thyroiditis. The NK percentage was sometimes higher in goiter blood, whereas the T DR+ percentage was not significantly different in the two groups. Lymphocyte infiltration (LI) was noted in 32% of goiters (about 5% with a diffuse and nodular pattern). A prevalence of helper/inducer cells was observed among the infiltrating T cells. HLA-DR antigen (Ag) positive epithelial cells were seen, not only in LI areas. Granular deposits of IgG, IgA, IgM, and C3 on the follicular basal membrane were stained in 6.7% of goiters Patterns histologically and immunologically similar to those in Hashimoto's thyroiditis may therefore be observed in long-standing simple endemic goiter, suggesting that an autoimmune mechanism may be involved in its pathogenesis.
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Möst J, Wick G. Class II antigens in Hashimoto thyroiditis. II. Expression of HLA-DR on infiltrating mononuclear cells in peripolesis. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1986; 41:175-83. [PMID: 3533332 DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(86)90101-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Surgical specimens from patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) or colloid goiter (CG) were analyzed using an immunofluorescence double staining technique to characterize the infiltrating mononuclear cells (MNC) and to determine the possible expression of HLA-DR antigens by these cells. In HT the majority of infiltrating MNC were T cells. In the interstitium T cells with helper/inducer phenotype (Leu 3a+) were more abundant than those with suppressor/cytotoxic phenotype (OKT8+) and approximately 10-25% of all T cells expressed HLA-DR. Among the cells in peripolesis [i.e., protruding between thyroid epithelial cells (TEC)] OKT8+ cells were observed more frequently than Leu 3a+ cells, expression of DR antigens being 7 and 12%, respectively. The occurrence of Leu 3a+ cells in peripolesis is in marked contrast to the findings in colloid goiter where the intraepithelial population of MNC is almost exclusively composed of OKT8+ cells. The various ways in which the peripoletic Leu 3a+ cells could contribute to the special pathogenesis of HT are discussed.
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Volpé R, Karlsson A, Jansson R, Dahlberg PA. Evidence that antithyroid drugs induce remissions in Graves' disease by modulating thyroid cellular activity. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 1986; 25:453-62. [PMID: 2441908 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1986.tb01712.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Cordier G, Mornex JF, Brune J, Revillard JP. Flow cytometry assessment of local T cell activation in hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1986; 465:362-9. [PMID: 3488002 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1986.tb18511.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Cordier G, Brune J, Revillard JP. Alveolar lymphocyte activation during sarcoidosis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1986; 465:140-7. [PMID: 3524356 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1986.tb18489.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Bagnasco M, Macchia E, Ciprandi G, Caria M, Fenzi GF. T cell subsets and thyroid-stimulating antibodies in patients with Graves' disease in clinical remission. J Endocrinol Invest 1986; 9:217-21. [PMID: 2876022 DOI: 10.1007/bf03348102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Patients with active Graves' disease almost constantly show phenotypic alterations of T lymphocytes, such as an increase of "activated" cells recognized by various surface markers (e.g. la antigens). Such alterations are present in a certain number of apparently cured patients. The data herein reported refer to 25 patients with Graves' disease in clinical remission, in whom we have attempted to correlate T cell subset imbalances, the presence of thyroid-stimulating antibodies (TSAb) and the outcome of the subsequent relapse. The results obtained show a significant association between TSAb and the increase of la-positive T cells: no relationship was found between TSAb and other T lymphocyte subsets. One-year clinical follow-up of the patients enabled us to see relapses of hyperthyroidism in only two patients, who had shown in the first control both TSAb positivity and increased la-positive T cells. These results, in our opinion, suggest a role of la antigens expression on T lymphocytes in the clinical course of Graves' disease.
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Leonardi A, Caria M, Arata L, Di Geronimo L, Canonica GW, Fudenberg HH. Evidence of T-lymphocyte functional impairment in Huntington's disease. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1986; 39:121-30. [PMID: 2936536 DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(86)90211-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Huntington's Disease (HD) is a degenerative neurological disorder with autosomal dominant transmission. Although immunological defect(s) have been postulated, no confirmed laboratory evidence for this exists. In the present study we observed activated T cells in the peripheral blood of HD patients (using 4F2 monoclonal antibody), whereas the percentage of T cells bearing T-cell activation markers such as HLA-DR and MLR4 antigens was normal. We then studied T cells of HD patients in some functional assays. Since it has been suggested that autologous mixed lymphocyte reaction (AMLR) includes several immune mechanisms in which distinct cell subsets interact and perform distinct regulatory functions, it is conceivable that the remarkable deficiency of AMLR herein observed in HD patients results from some abnormal immune regulation which may contribute to the pathology of this condition. Additional experiments demonstrated a defect of AMLR in three asymptomatic young sibs of HD patients, and coculture experiments between T cells of patients (as responders) and non-T cells of their sibs (as stimulators), and vice versa, produced no proliferative response. Subnormal responsiveness in allogeneic MLR was also observed. Normal or enhanced PHA-induced production of both IL-2 and IFN-gamma in vitro was detected. These experimental data suggest a cellular branch of the immune system in HD; however, they do not indicate if this defect is primary or secondary to the disease itself.
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The initiation of an autoimmune response requires the establishment of an appropriate microenvironment. This, in turn, involves several requirements, including antigen expression on the membrane surface of the target cells, class II antigen expression on the antigen-presenting cell or target cell, a relative systemic or local increase in the helper/inducer subset of T cells, and/or a relative decrease in the suppressor subset of T cells. All of these conditions have been described in the thyroid gland. Appropriate cellular interactions result in the appearance of activated T cells and the generation of cytotoxic T cells. The pathologic alterations may be produced by the local production of antibody and subsequent formation of immune complexes, by direct lymphocyte damage, or by lymphokine production. Autoimmune thyroid disease remains, to our minds, the most instructive paradigm of the organ-specific autoimmune endocrinopathies.
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Canonica GW, Caria M, Bagnasco M, Cosulich ME, Giordano G, Moretta L. Proliferation of T8-positive cytolytic T lymphocytes in response to thyroglobulin in human autoimmune thyroiditis: analysis of cell interactions and culture requirements. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1985; 36:40-8. [PMID: 3874028 DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(85)90037-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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These experiments were designed to analyze the involvement of T-lymphocyte subpopulations in autoimmune thyroid disorders such as Graves' Disease (GD) and Hashimoto's Disease (HD). In a first set of experiments, lymphocytes isolated from thyroid infiltrates or from peripheral blood of GD and HD patients were analyzed for the expression of various surface antigens. While HLA-DR + T cells were numerous among thyroid infiltrating T lymphocytes in both groups of patients, the proportions of T8 + cells (as defined by their reactivity with the B 9.4 monoclonal antibody specific for T8 surface molecule) were strikingly different in HD and GD. In the latter group of patients only 19% of infiltrating T cells were T8 +, whereas these cells represented approximately 50% in four HD patients. Given the previous demonstration that all T cells expressing T8 antigen are cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTL) or their precursors (CTL-P) in conjunction with the fact that lymphocytes from HD or GD patients are known to proliferate in vitro in response to human tg (Htg), we further analyzed the T-cell subset(s) responsible for in vitro proliferation to Htg. In these experiments, peripheral blood T lymphocytes purified from patients with GD or HD were cultured with 1 microgram/ml Htg and irradiated autologous T-depleted mononuclear cells as the source of antigen presenting cells (APC). The proportions of T8 + cells declined considerably during culture in GD patients, but at Days 6 to 9, T8 + cells represented as much as 51% of cultured T lymphocytes from patients with HD. Moreover, the majority of T8 + cells were medium-large size lymphoblasts. Removal of Htg at Day 6 resulted in both abrogation of proliferative responsiveness and in decreases of T8 + percentages. Further analysis of the cell interactions leading to T8 + cell proliferation in response to Htg showed that helper/inducer T cells, as defined by 5/9 antigen expression, were strictly required. Collectively, these features are reminiscent of the T-cell involvement in experimental autoimmune thyroiditis of mice and stress for the first time the potential role of CTL in tissue damage occurring in Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
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Canonica GW, Caria M, Torre G, Risso A, Cosulich ME, Bagnasco M. Autoimmune thyroid disease: purification and phenotypic analysis of intrathyroid T cells. J Endocrinol Invest 1984; 7:641-5. [PMID: 6335716 DOI: 10.1007/bf03349499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A phenotypic analysis of T cells infiltrating the thyroid of patients with autoimmune thyroid disease (both Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis) was performed. T lymphocytes were purified from mononuclear cells extracted from surgically removed tissue. The following markers were evaluated: la antigens, MLR4 antigen (expressed on activated T cells) 5/9 antigen (expressed on a subset of lymphocytes containing the whole "helper-inducer" activity in vitro), Fc gamma-receptors, B9 antigen (expressed by cytotoxic, or precursor of cytotoxic, T cells). We observed increased percentages of 5/9-, MLR4- and la-positive T cells with respect to peripheral blood in both HT and GD: on the contrary, in specimens from nonautoimmune thyroid diseases mononuclear infiltrate was minimal, and even T cell evaluation was not possible. In addition, B9- and Fc gamma-positive T cells were increased in Hashimoto's, but not in Graves' thyroid tissue, thus suggesting a different role of cytotoxic effector mechanisms in the two diseases.
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Rabinowe SL, Jackson RA, Dluhy RG, Williams GH. Ia-positive T lymphocytes in recently diagnosed idiopathic Addison's disease. Am J Med 1984; 77:597-601. [PMID: 6333179 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(84)90348-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The Ia (DR, immune-associated) antigen is absent on normal circulating T lymphocytes, but present on activated T lymphocytes. Utilizing monoclonal antibody L243, the expression of this glycoprotein on circulating T lymphocytes was studied in five patients with recent-onset idiopathic Addison's disease, one patient with recent-onset adrenal hemorrhage, and nine patients with long-standing adrenal insufficiency (five with idiopathic Addison's disease and four after bilateral adrenalectomy for Cushing's disease). The patient with adrenal hemorrhage and the nine patients with long-standing adrenal insufficiency had percentages of circulating Ia-positive T cells within the normal range. All five patients with recent-onset idiopathic Addison's disease had an elevated percentage of circulating Ia-positive T cells (7 to 29 percent). The expression of Ia antigen on T cells in recent-onset idiopathic Addison's disease probably reflects immunologic activation, which may be of pathophysiologic importance.
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Canonica GW, Cosulich ME, Croci R, Ferrini S, Bagnasco M, Dirienzo W, Ferrini O, Bargellesi A, Giordano G. Thyroglobulin-induced T-cell in vitro proliferation in Hashimoto's thyroiditis: identification of the responsive subset and effect of monoclonal antibodies directed to Ia antigens. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1984; 32:132-41. [PMID: 6610520 DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(84)90115-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Recently it was reported that the peripheral blood and thyroid gland of patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis contain activated (Ia+ and/or MLR4+) T cells and high levels of 5/9+ ("helper") T lymphocytes. In normal individuals the 5/9 monoclonal antibody recognizes a T-cell fraction that includes all T lymphocytes with inducer activities. Here, circulating 5/9+ and 5/9- T lymphocytes were isolated from patients with Hashimoto's disease, and the proliferative response induced by human thyroglobulin was investigated. The results show that the total thyroglobulin-induced lymphocyte DNA synthesis is confined to the 5/9+ T-cell fraction. Further subfractionation of 5/9+ into MLR4+ and MLR4- cells clearly indicates that no substantial differences exist in their proliferative capacities. Whether 5/9, MLR4, and Ia antigens, all expressed on the thyroglobulin-responsive T-cell subset, are involved in thyroglobulin-induced cell proliferation, was also analyzed. Although both 5/9 and MLR4 monoclonal antibodies had no effect, complete inhibition of antigen-induced blastogenesis was observed upon addition of monoclonal antibodies (D1/12 and BT2/9) directed to common determinants of Ia antigens. This inhibitory effect was also observed when T or non-T fractions were separately incubated with the monoclonal antibodies before culture. These results indicate that in humans, as in animals, the major histocompatibility complex may play a role in autoimmune thyroiditis. The data show that (a) the thyroglobulin-induced proliferative response is confined to a subset (5/9+) of T lymphocytes and (b) Ia antigens are involved in thyroglobulin-induced lymphocyte DNA synthesis in Hashimoto's disease.
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Biassoni P, Ciprandi G, Ferrini S, Chimini G, Canonica GW, Bagnasco M. Incidence of T cell subset imbalance in relatives of Graves' disease patients. J Endocrinol Invest 1984; 7:141-5. [PMID: 6609952 DOI: 10.1007/bf03348405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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In previous reports we demonstrated imbalances of T cell subsets in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease. In the present investigation, we studied several T cell markers with different functional meaning (Fc gamma-receptors, HLA-Ia antigens, MLR4 and 5/9 antigens) in first degree relatives of Graves' disease patients. Our data suggest that imbalances of circulating T cell subpopulations are apparent only when abnormal hormone levels and/or thyroid autoantibodies are present.
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The characterization of three groups of antigens expressed by activated human T lymphocytes and detected by monoclonal antibodies is reported. Antigens defined by OKT19, OKT21, and OKT22 do not appear on in vitro activated T cells until increases in DNA synthesis become apparent and are not detected on most Interleukin 2 (IL-2)-independent cell lines and normal peripheral blood lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes. Cell surface molecules reactive with the monoclonal antibodies OKT23 and OKT24 are displayed prior to any notable increase in DNA synthesis and are present on IL-2 independent cell lines, irrespective of lineage. T23 and T24 do not appear on peripheral blood cells and their distribution more closely resembles that of the T9 antigen (the receptor for transferrin) than antigens of the other groups. The third group of antigens, T14 and T20, have been classified as "early" antigens relative to DNA synthesis. They are expressed by distinct populations of normal lymphoid cells as well as by some IL-2-independent cell lines. Display of each group of activation antigens on T lymphocytes can be induced by either phytohemagglutinin, purified protein derivative from tuberculin, or allogeneic non-T cells, is not restricted to the OKT4+ or OKT8+ subsets, and is predominant on cells exhibiting the light-scattering properties of blast cells. The relative lack of expression of these antigens among normal peripheral blood cells make them attractive candidates for identifying changes in the status of immune activation.
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Engel D, Monzingo S, Rabinovitch P, Clagett J, Stone R. Mitogen-induced hyperproliferation response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with severe generalized periodontitis: lack of correlation with proportions of T cells and T-cell subsets. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1984; 30:374-86. [PMID: 6607802 DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(84)90023-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Severe generalized periodontitis (SGP) is a localized inflammatory disease which differs clinically from common periodontitis in that it leads to remarkable extensive alveolar bone loss in relatively young adults. There is evidence that B-cell responses to bacterial substances may play a major role in the pathogenesis of this disease. In the present report, we show that a B-cell mitogen from Actinomyces viscosus (AVIS) bacteria provokes a hyperproliferation response of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNC) from these patients. In addition, AVIS-stimulated PBMNC from SGP patients proliferate for longer periods in culture than do PBMNC from control subjects. There were, however, no differences between patients and controls in the numbers of immunoglobulin-secreting cells in these cultures as determined by an indirect plaque-forming cell assay. The possibility that differences in numerical proportions of regulatory T-cell subsets may play a role in the mitogen-induced hyperproliferation phenomenon is examined. PBMNC were stained with fluorescein isothiocyanate-conjugated monoclonal antibodies OKT3, OKT4, and OKT8 in order to identify, respectively, total T cells, helper/inducer, and suppressor/cytotoxic subsets. Flow cytometric analysis of such specifically stained cell preparations from 14 control subjects and 14 SGP patients did not reveal any significant differences between the proportions of total T cells or T-cell subsets of the two groups. Furthermore, there were no statistically significant correlations between the magnitude of proliferation responses and the proportions of total T cells or either of the T-cell subsets.
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Pruzanski W, Capes H, Baur R, Wenzel BE, Row VV, Volpé R. Biological activity of lymphocytotoxic antibodies in Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. J Endocrinol Invest 1984; 7:7-13. [PMID: 6609185 DOI: 10.1007/bf03348368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Sera of 48 patients with Graves' disease (GD) and 23 with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) were tested for lymphocytotoxic (LCT), granulocytotoxic (GCT) and monocytotoxic (MCT) activity. In GD, 12 patients (25%) had cold-reacting LCT and 13 patients (27%) had warm-reacting LCT. LCT were cytotoxic to both B and T cells but the majority of sera with cold-reacting LCT and eluates from lymphocytes were more cytotoxic to B lymphocytes. Warm-reacting LCT were directed exclusively against B cells. LCT did not correlate with peripheral lymphocyte counts, antithyroglobulin or antimicrosomal antibodies, sex, age, pregnancies, thyroid status or medication. However the mean duration of the disease was 15 months in LCT positive group and 55 months in LCT negative group (p less than 0.01). Weak GCT were found in 8 of 35 sera (23%). Six of 33 sera (18%) contained cold-reacting MCT and 9 (27%) had warm-reacting MCT. Some cytotoxins were directed against several types of cells as evidenced by cytotoxicity of eluates from lymphocytes against PMN and/or monocytes. Of 23 patients with HT, 11 (48%) had cold-reacting LCT. None had warm-reacting LCT. Sera and eluates from lymphocytes showed predominant cytotoxicity toward B cells. No correlation to the presence of antibodies, sex, age, pregnancies, thyroid status or medication was detected. Four of 23 sera had weak cold-reacting GCT, 5 had cold-reacting MCT which killed on average 31% of monocytes and 4 had weak warm-reacting MCT. Twelve of 22 sera from GD and HT had cytotoxic activity against thyroid cells (TCT). TCT correlated with LCT at p less than 0.05.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Rossi GA, Sacco O, Cosulich E, Damiani G, Corte G, Bargellesi A, Ravazzoni C. Pulmonary sarcoidosis: excess of helper T lymphocytes and T cell subset imbalance at sites of disease activity. Thorax 1984; 39:143-9. [PMID: 6230751 PMCID: PMC459742 DOI: 10.1136/thx.39.2.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Different lymphocyte subpopulations have been evaluated in bronchoalveolar fluid and blood obtained from six patients with active and six with inactive pulmonary sarcoidosis and from six normal subjects by means of two recently described monoclonal antibodies, 5/9 and MLR4. The percentages of OKT4 positive (helper) and OKT8 positive (suppressor) T cells were also determined. Patients with active sarcoidosis had significantly higher proportions of 5/9 positive T cells in the bronchoalveolar fluid than patients with inactive disease (p less than 0.01) or normal subjects (p less than 0.001). In contrast, the proportions of 5/9 positive blood T cells were similar in the three groups studied. Patients with active sarcoidosis had also a greater proportion proportion of MLR4 positive T lymphocytes in bronchoalveolar fluid than patients with inactive disease or normal subjects (p less than 0.01 for each comparison), but similar proportions of MLR4 positive blood T cells were found in each group. The ratio of 5/9 positive to MLR4 positive T cells was higher in the bronchoalveolar fluid (but not in the blood) in patients with either active or inactive sarcoidosis than in normal subjects. These observations suggest that the MLR4 negative fraction rather than the MLR4 positive fraction of the 5/9 positive T cells is preferentially expanded in the lungs of patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis and may indicate a secondary role for the MLR4 positive T cells in producing lung injury in this disorder. Comparisons of the OKT4 positive and 5/9 positive T cells showed that in patients with active disease most of the lung T lymphocytes expressed both the OKT4 and the 5/9 surface antigens, so the 5/9 monoclonal antibody may be considered a good marker of activity in this disorder. Pulmonary sarcoidosis may be characterised by the preferential expansion of helper T cell subsets at sites of disease activity.
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Canonica GW, Bagnasco M, Ferrini S, Biassoni P, Giordano G, Corte G. Circulating T-cell subsets in Graves' disease: differences between patients with active disease and in remission after 131I-therapy. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1983; 28:265-71. [PMID: 6223766 DOI: 10.1016/0090-1229(83)90160-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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In the present investigation some surface markers in peripheral blood T lymphocytes of patients with active Graves' disease and subjects in remission after 131I-therapy have been studied. We confirmed low TG levels in untreated patients and normal values in treated subjects. Increased percentages of DR+, MLR4+ (activated T cells), and 5/9+ (inducer-helper) T cells were detected in patients with active disease, thus indicating the presence of activated T cells and suggesting increased levels of helper T cells. High percentages of MLR4+ and 5/9+, but normal levels of DR+ were found in 131I-treated subjects. The different distribution of DR and MLR4 positivities on 5/9+ and 5+9-T cells confirm the different meaning of these two markers of the activation state. The imbalance of T-cell subsets found in 131I-treated subjects and the normal values observed in patients with hyperthyroidism due to toxic adenoma indicate that hyperthyroidism per se is not sufficient to explain the T-cell alterations. The possible meaning of these findings is discussed with respect to previous hypotheses on the pathogenesis of Graves' disease.
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Canonica GW, Bagnasco M, Cosulich ME, Torre G, McLachlan SM, Smith BR. Why thyroid is major site of thyroid autoantibody synthesis in autoimmune thyroid disease. Lancet 1983; 1:1163. [PMID: 6133177 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(83)92891-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Bagnasco M, Canonica GW, Ferrini S, Ciprandi G, Dirienzo W, Giordano G, Ferrini O. Circulating T cell subsets in euthyroid Graves' disease. J Endocrinol Invest 1983; 6:119-23. [PMID: 6223066 DOI: 10.1007/bf03350583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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T cell subpopulations recognized by surfaces markers of different functional meaning have been evaluated in 12 female patients with euthyroid Graves' disease and in 2 patients with ophthalmopathy and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. We have used the following markers: i) receptors for Fc fragments of IgG; ii) antigens recognized by the monoclonal antibodies MLR4, 5/9, BT 2/9 (anti-DR). In the 12 patients with euthyroid Graves' disease a marked decrease of TG cells (which proved to exert suppressor function in several in vitro systems) was observed, as previously reported in hyperthyroid Graves' disease. The 2 Hashimoto's patients with eye changes had normal or high TG. 5/9+ T cells (which contain cells with helper activity in vitro), as well as MLR4+ and BT 2/9+ cells (activated T cells) were normal in the majority of patients, but elevated in the 2 Hashimoto's thyroiditis. The observed abnormality of TG cells in euthyroid Graves' disease might be consistent with the hypothesized autoimmune pathogenesis of endocrine ophthalmopathy.
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