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Soboleva AS, Alekseeva GS, Erofeeva MN, Klyuchnikova PS, Sorokin PA, Naidenko SV. Leukocytes count and profile during early postnatal ontogenesis in domestic cat: Effect of litter size and multiple paternity. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART 2021; 335:637-648. [PMID: 34293237 DOI: 10.1002/jez.2508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Since blood cells count is the most important indicator of animals' physiological status, we investigated the effects of age, litter size, and multiple paternity on the total number of white blood cells, the number of their individual types (lymphocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, monocytes), and the ratio of neutrophils to lymphocytes in domestic cat during early postnatal ontogenesis. The study was conducted on kittens living in outdoor conditions, aged from birth to 6 months. The number of white blood cells was evaluated using a hemoanalyzer, the leukocyte formula and the proportion of cell types were determined manually from blood smears. Age significantly affected the number of leukocytes in the first 3 months of kittens' age. The number and proportion of neutrophils were the highest after birth and gradually decreased during the first month. Lymphocytes number, on the contrary, increased during this period. Monocytes and eosinophils increased in number in the first 2 months. The litter size affected the number of leukocytes and neutrophils in the first 2 months of life, their number being significantly higher in kittens from the small litters than from the large ones. In kittens from the litters with multiple paternity, the number of leukocytes and the proportion of neutrophils was higher than in litters from a single male. Thus, age, litter size and type of paternity may affect the hematological indices in domestic cats, which must be taken into account during the estimation of the health status of kittens in domestic and wild cats.
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- Alena S Soboleva
- Laboratory of Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology of Mammals, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology of Mammals, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology of Mammals, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology of Mammals, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Inter-Laboratory Facility of Molecular Diagnostics, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology of Mammals, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Pawlowski B, Borkowska B, Nowak J, Augustyniak D, Drulis-Kawa Z. Human body symmetry and immune efficacy in healthy adults. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2018; 167:207-216. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2017] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Boguslaw Pawlowski
- Department of Human Biology; University of Wroclaw; Kuźnicza 35, Wrocław, 50-138 Poland
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- Department of Human Biology; University of Wroclaw; Kuźnicza 35, Wrocław, 50-138 Poland
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- Department of Human Biology; University of Wroclaw; Kuźnicza 35, Wrocław, 50-138 Poland
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- Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology; University of Wroclaw; Przybyszewskiego 63, Wrocław, 51-148 Poland
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- Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology; University of Wroclaw; Przybyszewskiego 63, Wrocław, 51-148 Poland
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Georgountzou A, Papadopoulos NG. Postnatal Innate Immune Development: From Birth to Adulthood. Front Immunol 2017; 8:957. [PMID: 28848557 PMCID: PMC5554489 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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It is well established that adaptive immune responses are deficient in early life, contributing to increased mortality and morbidity. The developmental trajectories of different components of innate immunity are only recently being explored. Individual molecules, cells, or pathways of innate recognition and signaling, within different compartments/anatomical sites, demonstrate variable maturation patterns. Despite some discrepancies among published data, valuable information is emerging, showing that the developmental pattern of cytokine responses during early life is age and toll-like receptor specific, and may be modified by genetic and environmental factors. Interestingly, specific environmental exposures have been linked both to innate function modifications and the occurrence of chronic inflammatory disorders, such as respiratory allergies. As these conditions are on the rise, our knowledge on innate immune development and its modulating factors needs to be expanded. Improved understanding of the sequence of events associated with disease onset and persistence will lead toward meaningful interventions. This review describes the state-of-the-art on normal postnatal innate immune ontogeny and highlights research areas that are currently explored or should be further addressed.
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- Anastasia Georgountzou
- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, 2nd Pediatric Clinic, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.,Division of Infection, Inflammation and Respiratory Medicine, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Nielsen MC, Friis M, Martin-Bertelsen T, Winther O, Friis-Hansen L, Cayé-Thomasen P. The middle ear immune defense changes with age. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2015; 273:81-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s00405-015-3493-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2014] [Accepted: 01/01/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Lin M, Du L, Brandtzaeg P, Pan-Hammarström Q. IgA subclass switch recombination in human mucosal and systemic immune compartments. Mucosal Immunol 2014; 7:511-20. [PMID: 24064668 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2013.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Revised: 07/24/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Human immunoglobulin A (IgA) comprises two IgA subclasses, IgA1 and IgA2, whose distribution has been shown by immunohistochemistry to be different in various body compartments. In comparison with systemic immune compartments, we investigated the IgA switch profiles at the molecular level in salivary and lacrimal glands, nasal mucosa, and proximal and distal gut mucosa. Direct switching from IgM to IgA1 or IgA2 predominated in all immune compartments analyzed. Similar composition of the Sμ-Sα1 and Sμ-Sα2 junctions was observed, including microhomology usage, which suggested that there is no major difference in the actual recombination mechanism utilized during IgA subclass switching. The proportion of IgA1/IgA2 switch recombination events largely paralleled the previously published immunohistochemical representation of IgA1(+) and IgA2(+) plasma cells, implying that the local subclass distribution generally reflects precommitted memory/effector B cells that have undergone IgA subclass switching before extravasation at the effector site. The extremely low or undetectable levels of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) and Iα-Cμ circle transcripts in intestinal lamina propria samples as compared with Peyer's patches suggest that the cellular IgA subclass distribution outside of organized gut-associated lymphoid tissue is only to a minor extent, if at all, influenced by in situ switching.
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- M Lin
- 1] Clinical Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden [2] State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Clinical Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Immunohistochemistry and Immunopathology (LIIPAT), Centre for Immune Regulation (CIR), University of Oslo, and Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshopitalet, Norway
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- Clinical Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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Lin SP, Li CY, Suzuki K, Chang CK, Chou KM, Fang SH. Green tea consumption after intense taekwondo training enhances salivary defense factors and antibacterial capacity. PLoS One 2014; 9:e87580. [PMID: 24498143 PMCID: PMC3907556 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to investigate the short-term effects of green tea consumption on selected salivary defense proteins, antibacterial capacity and anti-oxidation activity in taekwondo (TKD) athletes, following intensive training. Twenty-two TKD athletes performed a 2-hr TKD training session. After training, participants ingested green tea (T, caffeine 6 mg/kg and catechins 22 mg/kg) or an equal volume of water (W). Saliva samples were collected at three time points: before training (BT-T; BT-W), immediately after training (AT-T; AT-W), and 30 min after drinking green tea or water (Rec-T; Rec-W). Salivary total protein, immunoglobulin A (SIgA), lactoferrin, α-amylase activity, free radical scavenger activity (FRSA) and antibacterial capacity were measured. Salivary total protein, lactoferrin, SIgA concentrations and α-amylase activity increased significantly immediately after intensive TKD training. After tea drinking and 30 min rest, α-amylase activity and the ratio of α-amylase to total protein were significantly higher than before and after training. In addition, salivary antibacterial capacity was not affected by intense training, but green tea consumption after training enhanced salivary antibacterial capacity. Additionally, we observed that salivary FRSA was markedly suppressed immediately after training and quickly returned to pre-exercise values, regardless of which fluid was consumed. Our results show that green tea consumption significantly enhances the activity of α-amylase and salivary antibacterial capacity.
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- Shiuan-Pey Lin
- School of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Genome Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Sport Science Research Center, National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Combat Sports, National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Athletics, National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport, Taichung, Taiwan
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Brandtzaeg P. Secretory immunity with special reference to the oral cavity. J Oral Microbiol 2013; 5:20401. [PMID: 23487566 PMCID: PMC3595421 DOI: 10.3402/jom.v5i0.20401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2013] [Revised: 01/29/2013] [Accepted: 02/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The two principal antibody classes present in saliva are secretory IgA (SIgA) and IgG; the former is produced as dimeric IgA by local plasma cells (PCs) in the stroma of salivary glands and is transported through secretory epithelia by the polymeric Ig receptor (pIgR), also named membrane secretory component (SC). Most IgG in saliva is derived from the blood circulation by passive leakage mainly via gingival crevicular epithelium, although some may be locally produced in the gingiva or salivary glands. Gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) and nasopharynx-associated lymphoid tissue (NALT) do not contribute equally to the pool of memory/effector B cells differentiating to mucosal PCs throughout the body. Thus, enteric immunostimulation may not be the best way to activate the production of salivary IgA antibodies although the level of specific SIgA in saliva may still reflect an intestinal immune response after enteric immunization. It remains unknown whether the IgA response in submandibular/sublingual glands is better related to B-cell induction in GALT than the parotid response. Such disparity is suggested by the levels of IgA in submandibular secretions of AIDS patients, paralleling their highly upregulated intestinal IgA system, while the parotid IgA level is decreased. Parotid SIgA could more consistently be linked to immune induction in palatine tonsils/adenoids (human NALT) and cervical lymph nodes, as supported by the homing molecule profile observed after immune induction at these sites. Several other variables influence the levels of antibodies in salivary secretions. These include difficulties with reproducibility and standardization of immunoassays, the impact of flow rate, acute or chronic stress, protein loss during sample handling, and uncontrolled admixture of serum-derived IgG and monomeric IgA. Despite these problems, saliva is an easily accessible biological fluid with interesting scientific and clinical potentials.
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- Per Brandtzaeg
- Per Brandtzaeg, Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, PO Box 4950 Oslo, NO-0424 Norway. Tel: +47-23072743, Fax: 47-23071511.
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Development of mucosal immunity in children: a rationale for sublingual immunotherapy? J Allergy (Cairo) 2011; 2012:492761. [PMID: 22121386 PMCID: PMC3205711 DOI: 10.1155/2012/492761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2011] [Accepted: 08/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The mucosal immune system has bidirectional tasks to mount an effective defense against invading harmful pathogens and to suppress the immune response to alimentary antigens and commensal bacterial flora. Oral tolerance is a suppression of the mucosal immune pathway related to a specific immunophenotype of the dendritic cells and an induction of the regulatory T cells as well as with the silencing of the effector T cell response by anergy and deletion. The physiological dynamic process of the anatomical and functional maturation of the immune system occurring in children during pre- and postnatal periods is a significant factor, having an impact on the fine balance between the activation and the suppression of the immune response. In this paper, mechanisms of mucosal immunity and tolerance induction in terms of maturational issues are discussed with a special emphasis on the implications for a novel therapeutic intervention in allergic diseases via the sublingual route.
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Morzel M, Palicki O, Chabanet C, Lucchi G, Ducoroy P, Chambon C, Nicklaus S. Saliva electrophoretic protein profiles in infants: Changes with age and impact of teeth eruption and diet transition. Arch Oral Biol 2011; 56:634-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2010.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2010] [Revised: 11/29/2010] [Accepted: 12/30/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The major mechanisms of mucosal defense in the neonate consist of a variety of nonspecific barriers, and innate and specific adaptive immune responses. The functions of innate immunity in the mucosal surfaces are mediated by host-specific microbial–pathogen recognition receptors, designed to recognize unique microbial-associated molecular patterns integral to the structure of most microorganisms. Other mechanisms include many antimicrobial peptides, macrophages, dendritic cells, complement components and host-derived cellular and soluble products. The important elements of neonatal mucosal adaptive immunity include the inductive sites, such as the Peyer’s patches and other lymphoid structures in the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, the nasopharyngeal and sublingual tissues, the subepithelial and intraepithelial sites in most external mucosal surfaces, including the genital tract and the mammary glands. These sites contain lymphoid cells derived by the homing of antigen-activated cells from the inductive sites. Activated B cells, mostly IgA (up to 80%) are detected in the mucosal tissues shortly after birth. However, IgA-producing plasma cells are generally detected in the mucosa approximately 7–10 days of age. With progressive environmental antigenic stimulation, the number of circulating IgA cells increase significantly by 1 month of age. The postnatal development of mucosal immunity is critically influenced by the acquisition and nature of mucosal microflora, and the temporal nature and qualitative and quantitative aspects of dietary antigens and other environmental agents introduced in the neonatal period. Mucosal immune responses are generally protective against disease-producing organisms and environmental macromolecules. The mucosal immune responses may also be pathologic and foster the induction of immunologically mediated disease states and autoimmunity. The development of secretory IgA and other antimicrobial mucosal responses as well as the induction of tolerance in the neonatal period and early infancy are essential for the maintenance of mucosal homeostasis in early childhood and prevention of disease later in life.
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- Pearay L Ogra
- Professor emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, NY, USA and Women & Children’s Hospital, 219 Bryant Street, Buffalo, NY 14222, USA
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Stray-Pedersen A, Vege A, Rognum TO. Helicobacter pylori antigen in stool is associated with SIDS and sudden infant deaths due to infectious disease. Pediatr Res 2008; 64:405-10. [PMID: 18535491 DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e31818095f7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Infection with Helicobacter pylori has been proposed to be a common cause of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). We investigated the frequency of H. pylori infection in 160 infant deaths and 156 live controls by means of the Helicobacter pylori stool antigen (HpSA) immunoassay. Histology was performed in 26 randomly selected cases. H. pylori antigen was detected in 8% (12/156) of the live controls compared with 25% (30/122) of SIDS cases (p < 0.001), 53% (9/17) of deaths due to infection (p < 0.001), and 9% (1/11) of accidental/violent deaths (p = 0.60). In the classic age peak for SIDS, 1-5 mo, 31% (21/67) of SIDS cases were HpSA positive compared with 1.5% (1/68) of live controls (p < 0.001). Rod-like immunoperoxidase positive H. pylori organisms were identified in 7/12 HpSA positive gastric antrum sections compared with 2/14 HpSA negative (p = 0.038). Significantly elevated IL-6 levels in cerebrospinal fluid representing signs of central immune stimulation were demonstrated in HpSA positive SIDS victims compared with HpSA negative victims (p = 0.045). Detection of H. pylori antigen in stool is associated with SIDS and deaths due to infections. We hypothesize that H. pylori infection in infancy may be involved as the triggering pathogen for sudden death during the first 5 month after birth.
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Ontogeny of Mucosal Immunity and Aging. Mucosal Immunol 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012491543-5/50020-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Vege A, Ole Rognum T. Sudden infant death syndrome, infection and inflammatory responses. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 42:3-10. [PMID: 15325392 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2004] [Accepted: 06/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is sudden unexpected death in infancy for which there is no explanation after review of the history, a death scene investigation and a thorough autopsy. The use of common diagnostic criteria is a prerequisite for discussing the importance of infection, inflammatory responses and trigger mechanism in SIDS. Several observations of immune stimulation in the periphery and of interleukin-6 elevation in the cerebrospinal fluid of SIDS victims explain how infections can play a role in precipitating these deaths. Finally, these findings and important risk factors for SIDS are integrated in the concept of a vicious circle for understanding the death mechanism. The vicious circle is a concept to elucidate the interactions between unfavourable factors, including deficient auto-resuscitation, and how this could result in death.
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- Ashild Vege
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Oslo, University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo 0027, Norway.
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Gleeson M, Cripps AW. Development of mucosal immunity in the first year of life and relationship to sudden infant death syndrome. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 42:21-33. [PMID: 15325394 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsim.2004.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2004] [Accepted: 06/14/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The common mucosal immune system (CMIS) is an interconnecting network of immune structures that provides effective immunity to mucosal surfaces. The structures of the mucosal immune system are fully developed in utero by 28 weeks gestation, but in the absence of intrauterine infection, activation does not occur until after birth. Mucosal immune responses occur rapidly in the first weeks of life in response to extensive antigenic exposure. Maturation of the mucosal immune system and establishment of protective immunity varies between individuals but is usually fully developed in the first year of life, irrespective of gestational age at birth. In addition to exposure to pathogenic and commensal bacteria, the major modifier of the developmental patterns in the neonatal period is infant feeding practices. A period of heightened immune responses occurs during the maturation process, particularly between 1 and 6 months, which coincides with the age range during which most cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) occur. A hyper-immune mucosal response has been a common finding in infants whose death is classified as SIDS, particularly if in association with a prior upper respiratory infection. Inappropriate mucosal immune responses to an otherwise innocuous common antigen and the resulting inflammatory processes have been proposed as factors contributing to SIDS.
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- Maree Gleeson
- Department of Immunology, Hunter Area Pathology Service, John Hunter Hospital, Locked Bag #1, Hunter Region Mail Center, NSW, 2310, Australia.
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Weemaes C, Klasen I, Göertz J, Beldhuis-Valkis M, Olafsson O, Haraldsson A. Development of immunoglobulin A in infancy and childhood. Scand J Immunol 2004; 58:642-8. [PMID: 14636420 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2003.01344.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Serum and salivary concentrations of immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) and IgA2 were studied in 105 Icelandic children aged 0-12 years. Serum concentrations of both IgA1 and IgA2 increased slightly (P < 0.001) during childhood. The salivary IgA1/IgA2 ratio tended to decrease during the same period; this trend is less apparent when omitting the youngest children. The salivary IgA1 and IgA2 output could be high, even in children with low levels of serum IgA. Only polymeric IgA was found in whole saliva. Interestingly, in serum, most IgA1 and IgA2 were polymeric during infancy. The proportion of polymeric IgA decreased, when the concentration of IgA increased. The polymeric form of IgA might provide the infant with better protection against invading microorganisms by activation of the innate immune mechanisms.
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- C Weemaes
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Brandtzaeg PER. Current understanding of gastrointestinal immunoregulation and its relation to food allergy. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2002; 964:13-45. [PMID: 12023193 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04131.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Tolerance to food antigens induced via the gut ("oral tolerance") appears to be a rather robust adaptive immune mechanism. However, the neonatal period is particularly critical in terms of mucosal defense, with regard to infections and priming for allergic disease. This is so because the intestinal barrier function provided by secretory antibodies, as well as the immunoregulatory network, is poorly developed for a variable period after birth. Notably, the postnatal development of mucosal immune homeostasis depends on the establishment of a normal commensal microbial flora and also on adequate timing and dose of dietary antigens when first introduced. In this context, breastfeeding appears to exert both shielding and positive regulatory effects. Altogether, the intestinal immune system normally seems rather fit for tolerance induction against innocuous antigens because most children with food allergy "outgrow" their problems, whereas airway allergy tends to persist.
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- P E R Brandtzaeg
- Laboratory for Immunohistochemistry and Immunopathology (LIIPAT), Institute of Pathology, University of Oslo, Rikshospitalet, Norway.
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Gurevich P, Ben-Hur H, Szvalb S, Moldavsky M, Zusman I. Lymphoid-epithelial secretory immune system in human fetuses in the second trimester of gestation. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2002; 5:22-8. [PMID: 11815865 DOI: 10.1007/s10024-001-0088-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2000] [Accepted: 05/19/2001] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The development of the secretory immune system (SIS) in the respiratory, digestive, and urogenital tracts and other organs of fetuses in the second trimester of gestation is described. Tissues of all internal organs of human fetuses (n = 36) that had died between 13 and 25 weeks of gestation were studied immunohistochemically for the presence of secretory component (SC), J chain, IgA, IgM, IgG, macrophages, and different subsets of lymphocytes. We found protein elements of the SIS in fetuses during the entire second trimester in the epithelium of the digestive, respiratory, and urinary tracts; in hepatocytes; in the epithelium of the bile duct, renal tubules, and all the urinary tract; in the salivary glands, pancreas, and thyroid; in the epithelium of the Fallopian tubes and uterus; in the epididymis and the rete testes; in the skin; and in other organs. Immunocompetent cells, including IgA- and IgM-secreting cells, were located in these organs under the epithelium and sometimes between epithelial cells. In fetuses with acute infection, the number of immunocompetent cells was higher, reflecting a whole-immune system reaction, including the SIS. We conclude that the fetal SIS is a ramified, defensive immune system that is distributed throughout most organs of epithelial origin in second-trimester fetuses, and that it reacts against intrafetal infiltration by foreign antigens.
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- Pavel Gurevich
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Edde L, Hipolito RB, Hwang FF, Headon DR, Shalwitz RA, Sherman MP. Lactoferrin protects neonatal rats from gut-related systemic infection. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2001; 281:G1140-50. [PMID: 11668022 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.2001.281.5.g1140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Lactoferrin is a milk protein that reportedly protects infants from gut-related, systemic infection. Proof for this concept is limited and was addressed during in vivo and in vitro studies. Neonatal rats pretreated orally with recombinant human lactoferrin (rh-LF) had less bacteremia and lower disease severity scores (P < 0.001) after intestinal infection with Escherichia coli. Control animals had 1,000-fold more colony-forming units of E. coli per milliliter of blood than treated animals (P < 0.001). Liver cultures from control animals had a twofold increase in bacterial counts compared with cultures from rh-LF-treated pups (P < 0.02). Oral therapy with rh-LF + FeSO(4) did not alter the protective effect. In vitro studies confirmed that rh-LF interacted with the infecting bacterium and rat macrophages. An in vitro assay showed that rh-LF did not kill E. coli, but a combination of rh-LF + lysozyme was microbicidal. In vitro studies showed that rat macrophages released escalating amounts of nitric oxide and tumor necrosis factor-alpha when stimulated with increasing concentrations of rh-LF. The in vitro studies suggest that rh-LF may act with other "natural peptide antibiotics" or may prime macrophages to kill E. coli in vivo.
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- L Edde
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85724, USA
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- P G Holt
- TVW Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Australia
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PROBLEM Except for the description of a secretory immunoglobulin (S-Ig) of a low size, no recent study has investigated the molecular status of antibodies in the human amniotic fluid. METHOD After separation with a high performance chromatography, we analyzed the different isotypes of amniotic Igs by immunoblotting and ELISA. RESULTS IgG is found to be the major isotype and to contain mother-derived tetanus antitoxins. IgA is much less abundant, whereas no IgM can be detected. IgA is monomeric, with a low level of secretory IgA and with various amounts of free secretory component (SC). The presence of a low level of SC-containing immunoglobulin of a low size is confirmed during the last trimester of pregnancy. This molecule contains no alpha chain but includes a Fabgamma fragment noncovalently associated with SC. IgG, IgA, and SC are detected in the fetal urine and, therefore, can reach the amniotic fluid by this route. CONCLUSION In addition to the predominant maternal IgG, the amniotic fluid contains different molecular forms of fetal immunoglobulins. Their function as an immune barrier against infection and against mother-derived autoantibodies is discussed.
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- C P Quan
- Unité d'Immunocytochimie, CNRS URA 1961, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Human parotid salivas were collected from patients with secondary Sjögren's syndrome and controls without disease or with drug-induced xerostomia. Parotid glycoproteins were separated by gradient sodium dodecyl sulphate gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), electroblotted onto nitrocellulose membrane and probed with biotinylated lectins of characterised sugar specificities. The binding patterns of lectins from Maclura pomifera (MPA) and Arachis hypogaea (PNA) indicated that many parotid glycoproteins have sialylated O-linked glycans and that sialylation is not affected by disease. Binding by lectins from Ricinus communis (RCA-1), Limax flavus (LFA), Lotus tetragonolobus (LTA) and Ulex europaeus (UEA-1) appeared unaltered in secondary Sjögren's syndrome, suggesting no obvious change in N-glycosylation of parotid glycoproteins. Variations in binding patterns of most lectins was attributable to subject-to-subject variations in recognised polymorphic proteins. Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA) consistently showed increased binding to a 75 kDa (Mr) protein in salivas from patients with secondary Sjögren's syndrome. The binding protein was identified as lactoferrin but found not to contain N-acetylgalactosamine, the sugar to which DBA binds. Binding of DBA to lactoferrin was dependent upon its saturation with iron, modified SDS-PAGE under nonreducing conditions resolved iron-free and iron-saturated lactoferrins and demonstrated increased levels of the iron-saturated form in secondary Sjögren's syndrome. Lectin binding studies of purified lactoferrins from saliva, milk, and polymorphonuclear neutrophils suggested that raised levels of lactoferrin in saliva originate from salivary cells and not from inflammatory cells. These results suggest that DBA binding provides greater specificity as an indicator of salivary gland disease than measurement of lactoferrin levels alone.
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- G H Carpenter
- Secretory & Soft Tissue Research Unit, Guy's, King's & St Thomas' School of Dentistry, London, UK.
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Vege A, Rognum TO, Opdal SH. SIDS--changes in the epidemiological pattern in eastern Norway 1984-1996. Forensic Sci Int 1998; 93:155-66. [PMID: 9717266 DOI: 10.1016/s0379-0738(98)00048-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The objective was to analyse differences in the epidemiological pattern of sudden death in infancy during two time periods--the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) 'epidemic': 1984-1989, and the period of rapid decline in the SIDS rate 1990-1996. Sex distribution, age, sleeping position, signs of infection, day of the week and place of death were registered and compared for the two time periods studied in all SIDS cases autopsied at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Oslo. There were significantly more deaths in the age group under four months in the period 1984-89 than in the second period. Prone sleeping position, signs of infection, death outdoors and during the winter were more frequent during the first period than in the second. These features also were more frequent in the age group under four months than in the older babies during the first period. The shift in the epidemiological pattern after 1990, when the risk factor campaign was launched, indicates that prone sleeping position, cold climate, sleeping outdoors and infections seem to be risk factors that are particularly harmful to the youngest infants.
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- A Vege
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- P G Holt
- Division of Cell Biology, Institute for Child Health Research, West Perth, Western Australia
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Kuitunen M, Savilahti E. Mucosal IgA, mucosal cow's milk antibodies, serum cow's milk antibodies and gastrointestinal permeability in infants. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 1995; 6:30-5. [PMID: 7550762 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.1995.tb00254.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We have studied development of the levels of IgA cow's milk (CM) antibodies in the saliva, faeces and serum of 20 term and 20 preterm infants from birth to 8 months. All infants already had IgA in their saliva during the first week of life. The levels peaked at the age of one month, thereafter decreasing in both groups; from the age of three months levels remained stable. Term infants had higher levels than preterm infants, but no differences were found between breastfed and CM-fed infants. Breast-fed infants had higher levels of IgA in their faeces than did CM-fed infants; the IgA levels were similar in breast-fed term and preterm infants, being highest at birth, and decreasing thereafter. We also showed rising titers of serum IgA CM antibodies, with higher levels in infants regularly exposed to CM than in breast-fed infants. We sought associations between the magnitude of intestinal permeability to human alpha-lactalbumin (ALA) measured at the ages of 4-7 days and one month and the levels of IgG antibodies to CM, but no such relation was found.
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- M Kuitunen
- Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki, Finland
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MacDonald TT. Development of mucosal immune function in man: potential for GI disease states. ACTA PAEDIATRICA JAPONICA : OVERSEAS EDITION 1994; 36:532-6. [PMID: 7825459 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1994.tb03242.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The human mucosal immune system is structurally mature and has all the necessary cellular components to generate an immune response at birth. However, in the absence of dietary antigens and bacterial flora, there are no secondary follicles in the Peyer's patches and virtually no immunoglobulin A plasma cells in the lamina propria. Reactive follicle centers develop after birth but it takes 2 years for mucosal IgA plasma cell density to reach adult levels. T cells are present in the epithelium and lamina propria at birth, albeit at a lower frequency than later in life and there are major differences in phenotype between T cells in fetal intestine and postnatal intestine. There is no information on the impact of the massive antigenic challenge at birth on the mucosal immune system. Well-documented deficiencies in the ability of the blood T cells of the neonate to produce interleukin-4 and interferon-gamma may also occur in the intestine. It is still an open question whether it is better to try to prevent immunological sensitization of the newborn by avoiding potential allergens (i.e. cow's milk), or whether early exposure (as happens when premature infants are given formula feeds) might tolerize the infant. Hydrolysed cow's milk formulae are probably less antigenic than whole cow's milk and have been widely used in the treatment of cow's milk allergy. Some thought is now being given as to whether the prophylactic use of hydrolysates can reduce cow's milk allergy in 'at-risk' infants.
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- T T MacDonald
- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, St Bartholomews Hospital, London
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Brandtzaeg P, Halstensen TS, Huitfeldt HS, Krajci P, Kvale D, Scott H, Thrane PS. Epithelial expression of HLA, secretory component (poly-Ig receptor), and adhesion molecules in the human alimentary tract. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1992; 664:157-79. [PMID: 1456647 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1992.tb39758.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Epithelial HLA class II is differentially expressed (DR >> DP) only after birth in salivary glands and small intestinal mucosa, in contrast to class I determinants and secretory component (SC) which appear early in gestation. However, there is a brisk postnatal increase in SC expression along with the class II induction, suggesting stimulation by cytokines from activated immune cells. T lymphocytes remain quite scanty in postnatal salivary glands, and the striking SC and class II expression might reflect a synergistic effect of IFN-gamma and TFN-alpha on immature epithelial cells. Enhanced epithelial expression of both SC and class II in salivary glands from sudden infant death victims could be the effect of immunostimulation caused by an infectious agent. Strikingly upregulated SC and epithelial class II expression (DR > DP > DQ) is seen in various inflammatory lesions such as obstructive sialadenitis, Sjögren's syndrome, chronic gastritis, and celiac disease. IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha are most likely involved as the expression patterns can be reproduced with these cytokines in vitro on colonic epithelial cell lines. However, these molecules of the Ig supergene family do not show a selective response in epithelia of inflammatory lesions because increased expression is also seen for lysozyme, lactoferrin and some other proteins. ICAM-1 can be upregulated on epithelial cells by various cytokines in vitro although the situation remains uncertain in mucosal inflammation. The expression pattern in IBD is complicated by dysplastic epithelial changes leading to reduced SC levels which may thus, in turn, jeopardize the poly-Ig transport mechanism. Epithelial class II molecules appear to have antigen-presenting properties, but the immunopathologic role of their increased expression in inflammatory disease in terms of induction of autoimmunity and/or abrogation of oral tolerance is a matter of continuing dispute.
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- P Brandtzaeg
- Laboratory for Immunohistochemistry and Immunopathology (LIIPAT), University of Oslo, National Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway
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