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Moosmann J, Toka O, Lukassen S, Ekici AB, Mackensen A, Völkl S, Dittrich S. Lymphocyte Immune Response and T Cell Differentiation in Fontan Patients with protein-losing enteropathy. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 69:e10-e20. [PMID: 33607694 PMCID: PMC7909601 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1723781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Background
Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is a severe complication of the Fontan circulation. There is increasing discussion about whether lymphatic dysregulation is involved as pathomechanism of PLE. This investigation focuses on the interplay between alteration of lymphatic cells and immunologic pathway alterations.
Methods
Micro-ribonucleic acid (miRNA) expression profiling was performed in 49 patients (
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= 10 Fontan patients with PLE,
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= 30 Fontan patients without PLE, and
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= 9 patients with dextro-transposition of the great arteries (dTGA). miRNA pathway analysis was performed to identify significantly enriched pathways. To determine lymphocyte populations and subtypes multiparameter flow cytometry was used.
Results
miRNAs pathway analysis of Fontan patients with PLE revealed 20 significantly changed networks of which four of the ten largest were associated with immunologic processes. This finding is supported by significant T cell deficiency with decreased CD4+ count (
p
= 0.0002), altered CD4 +/CD8+ ratio, and significantly modified CD4+ (
p
< 0.0001) and CD8+ (
p
= 0.0002) T cell differentiation toward effector and terminal differentiated T cells in Fontan patients with PLE. Analyses of CD4+ T cell subsets demonstrated significantly increased frequencies of CD4+ CD25+ CD127– regulatory T cells (Treg) in Fontan patients with PLE (
p
= 0.0011).
Conclusion
PLE in Fontan patients is associated with severe lymphopenia, T cell deficiency, significant alterations of T cell differentiation, and increased Treg frequency reflecting an immune status of chronic inflammation and shortened protection against pathogens and autoimmunity. These cellular alterations seemed to be dysregulated by several miRNA controlled immunological pathways.
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- Julia Moosmann
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic, Fürth, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 5, Haematology and Oncology, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine 5, Haematology and Oncology, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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Fu Y, Liu X, Wang Y, He Y, Feng G, Wu H, Zheng C, Li P, Gan H. Miniaturized integrating sphere light sources based on LEDs for radiance responsivity calibration of optical imaging microscopes. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:32199-32213. [PMID: 33115182 DOI: 10.1364/oe.403899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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LED-based integrating sphere light sources (LED-ISLSs) in the size of typical microscope slides were developed to calibrate the radiance responsivity of optical imaging microscopes. Each LED-ISLS consists of a miniaturized integrating sphere with a diameter of 4 mm, an LED chip integrated on a printed circuit board, and a thin circular aperture with a diameter of 1 mm as the exit port. The non-uniformity of the radiant exitance of the LED-ISLSs was evaluated to be 0.8%. The normal radiance of the LED-ISLSs in the range of (5∼69) W m-2 sr-1 was measured with a standard uncertainty of 1.3% using two precision apertures and a standard silicon photodetector whose spectral responsivity is traceable to an absolute cryogenic radiometer. The LED-ISLSs were applied to calibrate the radiance responsivity of a home-built optical imaging microscope with a standard uncertainty of 2.6∼2.9%. The LED-ISLSs offer a practical way to calibrate the radiance responsivity of various optical imaging microscopes for results comparison and information exchange.
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Michel M, Zlamy M, Entenmann A, Pichler K, Scholl-Bürgi S, Karall D, Geiger R, Salvador C, Niederwanger C, Ohuchi H. Impact of the Fontan Operation on Organ Systems. Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets 2019; 19:205-214. [PMID: 30747084 DOI: 10.2174/1871529x19666190211165124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In patients having undergone the Fontan operation, besides the well discussed changes in the cardiac, pulmonary and gastrointestinal system, alterations of further organ systems including the hematologic, immunologic, endocrinological and metabolic are reported. As a medical adjunct to Fontan surgery, the systematic study of the central role of the liver as a metabolizing and synthesizing organ should allow for a better understanding of the pathomechanism underlying the typical problems in Fontan patients, and in this context, the profiling of endocrinological and metabolic patterns might offer a tool for the optimization of Fontan follow-up, targeted monitoring and specific adjunct treatment.
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- Miriam Michel
- Department of Pediatrics III, Division of Cardiology, Pulmology, Allergology, and Cystic Fibrosis, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vienna Medical University, Währinger Gürtel 16, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics III, Division of Cardiology, Pulmology, Allergology, and Cystic Fibrosis, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstraße 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department for Pediatric Cardiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan
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Impact of Non-cardiac Comorbidities in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: Management of Multisystem Complications. INTENSIVE CARE OF THE ADULT WITH CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE 2019. [PMCID: PMC7123096 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-94171-4_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The prevalence and impact of non-cardiac comorbidities in adult patients with congenital heart disease increase over time, and these complications are often specifically a consequence of the long-term altered cardiovascular physiology or sequelae of previous therapies. For the ACHD patient admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for either surgical or medical treatment, an assessment of the burden of multisystem disease, as well as an understanding of the underlying cardiovascular pathophysiology, is essential for optimal management of these complex patients. This chapter takes an organ-system-based approach to reviewing common comorbidities in the ACHD patient, focusing on conditions that are directly related to ACHD status and may significantly impact ICU care.
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Mattes M, Connor J, Kelly SS, Schwartz MC. Lymphopenia in Patients with Single-ventricle Heart Disease after the Fontan Operation. CONGENIT HEART DIS 2015; 11:270-5. [DOI: 10.1111/chd.12313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Monica Mattes
- College of Medicine, University of Central Florida; Orlando Fla USA
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- College of Medicine, University of Central Florida; Orlando Fla USA
- Berry Statistical Consultants, LLC; Austin Tex USA
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children; Orlando Fla USA
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- College of Medicine, University of Central Florida; Orlando Fla USA
- The Heart Center, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children; Orlando Fla USA
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Tárnok A. Revisiting the crystal ball--high content single cells analysis as predictor of recovery. Cytometry A 2015; 87:97-8. [PMID: 25614362 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Attila Tárnok
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Centre Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine (TRM), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Schumacher KR, Gossett J, Guleserian K, Naftel DC, Pruitt E, Dodd D, Carboni M, Lamour J, Pophal S, Zamberlan M, Gajarski RJ. Fontan-associated protein-losing enteropathy and heart transplant: A Pediatric Heart Transplant Study analysis. J Heart Lung Transplant 2015; 34:1169-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Revised: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Magdo HS, Stillwell TL, Greenhawt MJ, Stringer KA, Yu S, Fifer CG, Russell MW, Schumacher KR. Immune Abnormalities in Fontan Protein-Losing Enteropathy: A Case-Control Study. J Pediatr 2015; 167:331-7. [PMID: 26009017 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.04.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Revised: 03/10/2015] [Accepted: 04/22/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To comprehensively characterize the immunologic characteristics of patients with protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) post-Fontan and compare them with patients without PLE post-Fontan. STUDY DESIGN Patients with PLE post-Fontan and age-matched controls post-Fontan were prospectively studied with laboratory markers of immune function. Infectious history was obtained by interview and chart review. The groups' demographics, cardiac history, immune characteristics, and infection history were compared using appropriate 2-group statistics. RESULTS A total of 16 patients enrolled (8 patients with PLE and 8 controls). All patients with PLE had lymphopenia compared with 25% of controls (P = .01). All patients with PLE had markedly depressed CD4 T cell counts (median 58 cells/μL) compared with controls (median 450 cells/μL, P = .0002); CD4% was also low in the PLE group (12.3%) and normal in control (36.9%, P = .004). Both groups had mildly depressed CD8 T cells and normal to slightly elevated natural killer and B-cell subsets. A majority of patients with PLE (62.5%) had negative titers to measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination, compared with no control Fontan with a negative titer (P = .03). Despite profoundly low CD4 counts, the frequency of infection was not different between groups with no reported opportunistic infections. CONCLUSIONS Patients with Fontan-associated PLE have extensive quantitative immune abnormalities, particularly CD4 deficiency. These immune abnormalities are similar to those found in non-Fontan patients with PLE caused by intestinal lymphangiectasia.
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- H Sonali Magdo
- University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI.
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- University of Michigan, Michigan Congenital Heart Outcomes Research and Discovery Ann Arbor, MI
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- University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
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- University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
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- University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
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Veldtman GR, Webb GD. Improved Survival in Fontan-Associated Protein-Losing Enteropathy∗. J Am Coll Cardiol 2014; 64:63-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2014] [Accepted: 05/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Mittag A, Tárnok A. Basics of standardization and calibration in cytometry--a review. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2009; 2:470-481. [PMID: 19504519 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.200910033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Standardization, calibration, and controls (negative and positive controls) are essential for quality assurance. Cytometers are capable of reliable and repeatable cellular analyses. However, a prerequisite is instrument calibration and standardized preanalytics. Calibration is often done by beads. Beads are available for different quality control applications, e.g. calibration of size and measuring scale, compensation, absolute cell counting, and laser alignment. Results can be standardized by converting MFI values into MESF or ABC values. Standardized data allow comparison of experiments over a long period of time and between different instruments and laboratories. Alterations in the sensitivity of the cytometer can be detected by routinely performing quality control. The process of quality assurance quantifies and helps manage the variance from the desired value. Results can thus be compared objectively with those of other laboratories. Standardization is the basis of cytometry and a prerequisite for obtaining reliable data.
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- Anja Mittag
- Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Strümpelstr. 39, 04275 Leipzig, Germany.
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Reduced Relative Lymphocyte Count in African-Americans With Decompensated Heart Failure. Am J Med Sci 2009; 337:156-60. [DOI: 10.1097/maj.0b013e318182198f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The causes of systemic venous hypertension (SVHT) include cardiac- and circulatory-related factors, whereas its consequences include the congestion of hepatic, splanchnic, and peripheral circulations, which contribute significantly to the clinical congestive heart failure syndrome. Based on a disequilibrium in hydrostatic and oncotic pressures, the increased filtration and formation of interstitial fluid at these sites with an accompanying increase in lymph flow mandates an increment in lymphatic drainage to protect against such congestion and the appearance of edema and ascites. However, lymph flow via the thoracic duct into systemic veins is opposed by elevations in central venous pressure. Various management strategies have the potential to prevent and/or correct SVHT. The case of a 54-year-old man with a dilated cardiomyopathy who presented with decompensated biventricular failure, expressed as anasarca and ascites, is used to illustrate the importance of SVHT.
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Onigbanjo MT, Orange JS, Perez EE, Sullivan KE. Hypogammaglobulinemia in a pediatric tertiary care setting. Clin Immunol 2007; 125:52-9. [PMID: 17631052 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2007.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2007] [Revised: 04/30/2007] [Accepted: 05/25/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Hypogammaglobulinemia has been described as a secondary consequence of many disorders. It is also the seminal finding in many primary immune deficiencies. There are few studies examining the global etiologies of hypogammaglobulinemia. This study undertook a database discovery of all cases of laboratory-defined hypogammaglobulinemia identified in a large tertiary care pediatric hospital setting between August of 1990 until June of 2006. Eight thousand three hundred and four IgG levels were sent during that time frame. One thousand two hundred and ninety-five specimens from 680 individual patients exhibited hypogammaglobulinemia and these patients represent the study population. The majority of cases in whom an identifiable cause was found had pre-existing conditions and the IgG level was sent as part of a monitoring process. Of the 366 patients who had an IgG level obtained for diagnostic purposes, nearly half were found to have an immune deficiency. One hundred and seventy-two patients with an immune deficiency were identified. Seven percent of these had severe combined immune deficiency. Seventy-four percent of the immune deficient patients identified required active intervention with IVIG, bone marrow transplantation or other management (not including prophylactic antibiotics). Evaluating all patients with IgG levels less than half of the lower limit for age revealed 122 patients of whom 33% had a primary immune deficiency. This study provides a framework for considering causes of hypogammaglobulinemia. At the study institution, hypogammaglobulinemia was found most often as a secondary immune deficiency due to chemotherapy or from complex cardiac anomalies. The magnitude of the secondary hypogammaglobulinemia in a tertiary care setting requires public health consideration as these patients have an unknown risk of infection and an unknown risk of prolonged viral shedding; issues which could be important in epidemic settings.
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- Mutiat Tolu Onigbanjo
- George Washington University, The School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
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Bocsi J, Lenz D, Sauer U, Wild L, Hess J, Schranz D, Hambsch J, Schneider P, Tárnok A. Inflammation and Immune Suppression following Protein Losing Enteropathy after Fontan Surgery Detected by Cytomics. Transfus Med Hemother 2007. [DOI: 10.1159/000101396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Tárnok A, Bocsi J, Lenz D, Janousek J. Protein Losing Enteropathy after Fontan Surgery – Clinical and Diagnostical Aspects. Transfus Med Hemother 2007. [DOI: 10.1159/000101373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Tárnok A, Valet GK, Emmrich F. Systems biology and clinical cytomics: The 10th Leipziger Workshop and the 3rd International Workshop on Slide-Based Cytometry, Leipzig, Germany, April 2005. Cytometry A 2006; 69:36-40. [PMID: 16541487 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Despite very significant technical and software improvements in flow cytometry (FCM) since the 1980's, the demand for a cytometric technology combining both quantitative cell analysis and morphological documentation in Cytomics became evident. Improvements in microtechnology and computing permit nowadays similar quantitative and stoichiometric single cell-based high-throughput analyses by microscopic instruments, like Slide-Based Cytometry (SBC). SBC and related techniques offer unique tools to perform complex immunophenotyping, thereby enabling diagnostic procedures during early disease stages. Multicolor or polychromatic analysis of cells by SBC is of special importance not only as a cytomics technology platform but also because of low quantities of required reagents and biological material. The exact knowledge of the location of each cell on the slide permits repetitive restaining and reanalysis of specimens. Various separate measurements of the same specimen can be ultimately fused to one database increasing the information obtained per cell. Relocation and optical evaluation of cells as typical SBC feature, can be of integral importance for cytometric analysis, since artifacts can be excluded and morphology of measured cells can be documented. Progress in cell analytic: In the SBC, new horizons can be opened by the new techniques of structural and functional analysis with the high resolution from intracellular and membrane (confocal microscopy, nanoscopy, total internal fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM), and tissue level (tissomics), to organ and organism level (in vivo cytometry, optical whole body imaging). Predictive medicine aims at the detection of changes in patient's state prior to the manifestation of the disease or the complication. Such instances concern immune consequences of surgeries or noninfectious posttraumatic shock in intensive care patients or the pretherapeutic identification of high risk patients in cancer cytostatic therapy. Preventive anti-infectious or anti-shock therapy as well as curative chemotherapy in combination with stem cell transplantation may provide better survival chances for patient at concomitant cost containment. Predictive medicine-guided optimization of therapy could lead to individualized medicine that gives significant therapeutic effect and may lower or abrogate potential therapeutic side effects. The 10th Leipziger Workshop combined with the 3rd International Workshop on SBC aimed to offer new methods in Image- and Slide-Based Cytometry for solutions in clinical research. It moved towards practical applications in the clinics and the clinical laboratory. This development will be continued in 2006 at the upcoming Leipziger Workshop and the International Workshop on Slide-Based Cytometry.
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- Attila Tárnok
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Germany
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Mittag A, Lenz D, Gerstner AOH, Sack U, Steinbrecher M, Koksch M, Raffael A, Bocsi J, Tárnok A. Polychromatic (eight-color) slide-based cytometry for the phenotyping of leukocyte, NK, and NKT subsets. Cytometry A 2005; 65:103-15. [PMID: 15830380 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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BACKGROUND Natural killer (NK) and NK T (NKT) cells are important in innate immune defense. Their unequivocal identification requires at least four antigens. Based on the expression of additional antigens, they can be further divided into functional subsets. For more accurate immunophenotyping and to describe multiple expression patterns of leukocyte subsets, an increased number of measurable colors is necessary. To take advantage of the technologic features offered by slide-based cytometry, repeated analysis was combined with sequential optical-filter changing. METHODS Human peripheral blood leukocytes from healthy adult volunteers were labeled with antibodies by direct or indirect staining. Tandem dyes of Cy7 (phycoerythrin [PE]-/allophycocyanin [APC]-Cy7), Cy5.5 (PE-/APC-Cy5.5), and PE-Cy5 and the fluorochromes fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), PE, and APC were tested alone and in combinations. Optical filters of the laser scanning cytometer were 555 DRLP/BP 530/30 nm for photomultiplier tube (PMT) 1/FITC, 605 DRLP/BP 580/30 nm for PMT 2/PE, 740 DCXR/BP 670/20 nm for PMT 3/Cy5/APC, and BP 810/90 nm for PMT 4/Cy7. Filter PMT 3 was replaced for detection of PE/Cy5.5 and APC/Cy5.5 by 740 LP/BP 710/20 nm and the sample was remeasured. Both data files were merged into one to combine the different information on a single-cell basis. The combination of eight antibodies against CD3, CD4, CD8, CD14, CD16, CD19, CD45, and CD56 was used to characterize NK and NKT cells and their subsets. RESULTS In this way Cy5.5 is measurable at 488-nm and 633-nm excitation. Further, with the two different filters it is possible to distinguish Cy5 from Cy5.5 in the same detection channel (PMT 3). With this method we identified NK and NKT cells, subsets of NK (CD3-16+56+, CD3-16+56-, CD3-16-56+) and NKT (CD3+16+56+, CD3+16-56+) and their CD4+8-, CD4-8+, CD4-8- and CD4+8+ subsets. CONCLUSION With our adaptations it is possible to discriminate tandem conjugates of Cy5, Cy5.5, and Cy7 for eight-color immunophenotyping. Using this method, novel rare subsets of NK and NKT cells that are CD4/CD8 double positive are reported for the first time.
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- Anja Mittag
- Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Sack U, Bocsi J, Tárnok A. Slide-based cytometry and predictive medicine: The 8th Leipziger workshop and the 1st international workshop on slide-based cytometry. Cytometry A 2004; 60:189-205. [PMID: 15290720 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Slide-based cytometry (SBC) and related techniques offer unique tools to perform complex diagnostic procedures at very early disease stages. Multicolor or polychromatic analysis of cells by SBC is of special importance, not only as a cytomics technology platform, but for patients with low blood volume such as neonates. The exact knowledge of the location of each cell on the slide allows the specimen to be restained and subsequently reanalyzed. These separate measurements can be fused to one data file (merging), increasing the information obtained per cell. Relocalization and optical evaluation of the cells, a typical feature of SBC, can be of integral importance for cytometric analysis. Predictive medicine is aimed at the detection of changes in the patient's state prior to the manifestation of deterioration or improvement. Such instances are concerned with multiorgan failure in sepsis or noninfectious posttraumatic shock in intensive care patients, or the pretherapeutic identification of high risk patients in cancer cytostatic therapy. Early anti-infectious or anti-shock therapy, as well as curative chemotherapy in combination with stem cell transplantation, may provide better survival chances for the patient as well as concomitant cost containment. Predictive medicine-guided, individualized, early reduction or cessation of therapy may lower or abrogate potential therapeutic side effects (individualized medicine). With the 8th Leipziger Workshop and the 1st International Workshop on Slide-Based Cytometry, cytomics technologies moved to more practical applications in the clinics and the clinical laboratory. This development will be continued in 2004, at the upcoming Leipziger Workshop and the International Workshop on Slide-Based Cytometry.
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- Ulrich Sack
- Institute for Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Patient-specific, disease-course predictions with >95% or >99% accuracy during therapy would be highly valuable for everyday medicine. If these predictors were available, disease aggravation or progression, frequently accompanied by irreversible tissue damage or therapeutic side effects, could then potentially be avoided by early preventive therapy. The molecular analysis of heterogeneous cellular systems (cytomics) by cytometry in conjunction with pattern-oriented bioinformatic analysis of the multiparametric cytometric and other data provides a promising approach to individualized or personalized medical treatment or disease management. As a consequence, better patient care and new forms of inductive scientific hypothesis development based on the interpretation of predictive data patterns are at reach.
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