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Li Q, Dibus M, Casey A, Yee CSK, Vargas SO, Luo S, Rosen SM, Madden JA, Genetti CA, Brabek J, Brownstein CA, Kazerounian S, Raby BA, Schmitz-Abe K, Kennedy JC, Fishman MP, Mullen MP, Taylor JM, Rosel D, Agrawal PB. A homozygous stop-gain variant in ARHGAP42 is associated with childhood interstitial lung disease, systemic hypertension, and immunological findings. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009639. [PMID: 34232960 PMCID: PMC8289122 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
ARHGAP42 encodes Rho GTPase activating protein 42 that belongs to a member of the GTPase Regulator Associated with Focal Adhesion Kinase (GRAF) family. ARHGAP42 is involved in blood pressure control by regulating vascular tone. Despite these findings, disorders of human variants in the coding part of ARHGAP42 have not been reported. Here, we describe an 8-year-old girl with childhood interstitial lung disease (chILD), systemic hypertension, and immunological findings who carries a homozygous stop-gain variant (c.469G>T, p.(Glu157Ter)) in the ARHGAP42 gene. The family history is notable for both parents with hypertension. Histopathological examination of the proband lung biopsy showed increased mural smooth muscle in small airways and alveolar septa, and concentric medial hypertrophy in pulmonary arteries. ARHGAP42 stop-gain variant in the proband leads to exon 5 skipping, and reduced ARHGAP42 levels, which was associated with enhanced RhoA and Cdc42 expression. This is the first report linking a homozygous stop-gain variant in ARHGAP42 with a chILD disorder, systemic hypertension, and immunological findings in human patient. Evidence of smooth muscle hypertrophy on lung biopsy and an increase in RhoA/ROCK signaling in patient cells suggests the potential mechanistic link between ARHGAP42 deficiency and the development of chILD disorder.
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- Qifei Li
- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Cell Biology, Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University (BIOCEV), Průmyslová 595, Vestec u Prahy, Czech Republic
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Cell Biology, Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University (BIOCEV), Průmyslová 595, Vestec u Prahy, Czech Republic
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Department of Pathology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Dept. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology, Charles University in Prague, Viničná 7, Prague, Czech Republic
- Department of Cell Biology, Biotechnology and Biomedicine Centre of the Academy of Sciences and Charles University (BIOCEV), Průmyslová 595, Vestec u Prahy, Czech Republic
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- Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Nuti E, Rossello A, Cuffaro D, Camodeca C, Van Bael J, van der Maat D, Martens E, Fiten P, Pereira RVS, Ugarte-Berzal E, Gouwy M, Opdenakker G, Vandooren J. Bivalent Inhibitor with Selectivity for Trimeric MMP-9 Amplifies Neutrophil Chemotaxis and Enables Functional Studies on MMP-9 Proteoforms. Cells 2020; 9:cells9071634. [PMID: 32645949 PMCID: PMC7408547 DOI: 10.3390/cells9071634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
A fundamental part of the immune response to infection or injury is leukocyte migration. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a class of secreted or cell-bound endopeptidases, implicated in every step of the process of inflammatory cell migration. Hence, specific inhibition of MMPs is an interesting approach to control inflammation. We evaluated the potential of a bivalent carboxylate inhibitor to selectively inhibit the trimeric proteoform of MMP-9 and compared this with a corresponding monovalent inhibitor. The bivalent inhibitor efficiently inhibited trimeric MMP-9 (IC50 = 0.1 nM), with at least 500-fold selectivity for MMP-9 trimers over monomers. Surprisingly, in a mouse model for chemotaxis, the bivalent inhibitor amplified leukocyte influxes towards lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation. We verified by microscopic and flow cytometry analysis increased amounts of neutrophils. In a mouse model for endotoxin shock, mice treated with the bivalent inhibitor had significantly increased levels of MMP-9 in plasma and lungs, indicative for increased inflammation. In conclusion, we propose a new role for MMP-9 trimers in tempering excessive neutrophil migration. In addition, we have identified a small molecule inhibitor with a high selectivity for the trimeric proteoform of MMP-9, which will allow further research on the functions of MMP-9 proteoforms.
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- Elisa Nuti
- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (E.N.); (A.R.); (D.C.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (E.N.); (A.R.); (D.C.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (E.N.); (A.R.); (D.C.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Pisa, Via Bonanno 6, 56126 Pisa, Italy; (E.N.); (A.R.); (D.C.); (C.C.)
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49-bus 1044, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; (J.V.B.); (D.v.d.M.); (E.M.); (P.F.); (R.V.S.P.); (E.U.-B.); (G.O.)
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49-bus 1044, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; (J.V.B.); (D.v.d.M.); (E.M.); (P.F.); (R.V.S.P.); (E.U.-B.); (G.O.)
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49-bus 1044, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; (J.V.B.); (D.v.d.M.); (E.M.); (P.F.); (R.V.S.P.); (E.U.-B.); (G.O.)
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49-bus 1044, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; (J.V.B.); (D.v.d.M.); (E.M.); (P.F.); (R.V.S.P.); (E.U.-B.); (G.O.)
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49-bus 1044, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; (J.V.B.); (D.v.d.M.); (E.M.); (P.F.); (R.V.S.P.); (E.U.-B.); (G.O.)
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49-bus 1044, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; (J.V.B.); (D.v.d.M.); (E.M.); (P.F.); (R.V.S.P.); (E.U.-B.); (G.O.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49-bus 1044, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium;
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49-bus 1044, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; (J.V.B.); (D.v.d.M.); (E.M.); (P.F.); (R.V.S.P.); (E.U.-B.); (G.O.)
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- Laboratory of Immunobiology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49-bus 1044, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; (J.V.B.); (D.v.d.M.); (E.M.); (P.F.); (R.V.S.P.); (E.U.-B.); (G.O.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +32-16-32-22-95
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Hazeldine J, Naumann DN, Toman E, Davies D, Bishop JRB, Su Z, Hampson P, Dinsdale RJ, Crombie N, Duggal NA, Harrison P, Belli A, Lord JM. Prehospital immune responses and development of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome following traumatic injury: A prospective cohort study. PLoS Med 2017; 14:e1002338. [PMID: 28719602 PMCID: PMC5515405 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Almost all studies that have investigated the immune response to trauma have analysed blood samples acquired post-hospital admission. Thus, we know little of the immune status of patients in the immediate postinjury phase and how this might influence patient outcomes. The objective of this study was therefore to comprehensively assess the ultra-early, within 1-hour, immune response to trauma and perform an exploratory analysis of its relationship with the development of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). METHODS AND FINDINGS The immune and inflammatory response to trauma was analysed in 89 adult trauma patients (mean age 41 years, range 18-90 years, 75 males) with a mean injury severity score (ISS) of 24 (range 9-66), from whom blood samples were acquired within 1 hour of injury (mean time to sample 42 minutes, range 17-60 minutes). Within minutes of trauma, a comprehensive leukocytosis, elevated serum pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, and evidence of innate cell activation that included neutrophil extracellular trap generation and elevated surface expression of toll-like receptor 2 and CD11b on monocytes and neutrophils, respectively, were observed. Features consistent with immune compromise were also detected, notably elevated numbers of immune suppressive CD16BRIGHT CD62LDIM neutrophils (82.07 x 106/l ± 18.94 control versus 1,092 x 106/l ± 165 trauma, p < 0.0005) and CD14+HLA-DRlow/- monocytes (34.96 x 106/l ± 4.48 control versus 95.72 x 106/l ± 8.0 trauma, p < 0.05) and reduced leukocyte cytokine secretion in response to lipopolysaccharide stimulation. Exploratory analysis via binary logistic regression found a potential association between absolute natural killer T (NKT) cell numbers and the subsequent development of MODS. Study limitations include the relatively small sample size and the absence of data relating to adaptive immune cell function. CONCLUSIONS Our study highlighted the dynamic and complex nature of the immune response to trauma, with immune alterations consistent with both activation and suppression evident within 1 hour of injury. The relationship of these changes, especially in NKT cell numbers, to patient outcomes such as MODS warrants further investigation.
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- Jon Hazeldine
- Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Scar Free Foundation, Birmingham Centre for Burns Research, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Scar Free Foundation, Birmingham Centre for Burns Research, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Midlands Air Ambulance, Unit 16 Enterprise Trading Estate, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Scar Free Foundation, Birmingham Centre for Burns Research, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
- NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Snäll J, Törnwall J, Suominen AL, Thorén H. Postoperative leukocyte changes in facial fracture patients: a randomized prospective study with short-term dexamethasone. Oral Maxillofac Surg 2017; 21:241-246. [PMID: 28386783 DOI: 10.1007/s10006-017-0623-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE We investigated leukocyte changes in facial fracture patients undergoing surgery. Of specific interest was the effect of perioperative dexamethasone on leukocyte changes. METHODS Facial fracture patients were randomized to receive perioperatively a total dose of 30 mg of dexamethasone, whereas patients in the control group received no glucocorticoid. All patients received antibiotics until postoperative days 7-10. Leukocyte count was measured on postoperative days 1 and 2. Clinical infections were observed during the follow-up. RESULTS A total of 110 adult patients were included in the study. Postoperative leukocytosis was found in 91.2% of patients receiving dexamethasone and in 67.9% of controls. Dexamethasone was associated strongly with leukocyte rise (p < 0.001) on both postoperative days. Transoral surgery and younger age (≤40 years) showed significant associations with leukocytosis on the first postoperative day (p = 0.002). In regression analyses, dexamethasone associated with leukocytosis most significantly (p < 0.001). No association was found with infections. CONCLUSIONS Dexamethasone use was the most significant predictor of leukocyte rise. As a drug response, perioperative dexamethasone caused sixfold postoperative leukocytosis. High-dose dexamethasone-induced leukocytosis may confuse the clinical decision-making especially in assessment of early infections.
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- Johanna Snäll
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, 00029, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, 00029, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Dentistry, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, 00029, Helsinki, Finland
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Ratter JM, Rooijackers HMM, Tack CJ, Hijmans AGM, Netea MG, de Galan BE, Stienstra R. Proinflammatory Effects of Hypoglycemia in Humans With or Without Diabetes. Diabetes 2017; 66:1052-1061. [PMID: 28115398 DOI: 10.2337/db16-1091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
Severe hypoglycemic events have been associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in patients with diabetes, which may be explained by hypoglycemia-induced inflammation. We used ex vivo stimulations of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and monocytes obtained during hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic (5.0 mmol/L)-hypoglycemic (2.6 mmol/L) clamps in 11 healthy participants, 10 patients with type 1 diabetes and normal awareness of hypoglycemia (NAH), and 10 patients with type 1 diabetes and impaired awareness (IAH) to test whether the composition and inflammatory function of immune cells adapt to a more proinflammatory state after hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia increased leukocyte numbers in healthy control participants and patients with NAH but not in patients with IAH. Leukocytosis strongly correlated with the adrenaline response to hypoglycemia. Ex vivo, PBMCs and monocytes displayed a more robust cytokine response to microbial stimulation after hypoglycemia compared with euglycemia, although it was less pronounced in patients with IAH. Of note, hypoglycemia increased the expression of markers of demargination and inflammation in PBMCs. We conclude that hypoglycemia promotes mobilization of specific leukocyte subsets from the marginal pool and induces proinflammatory functional changes in immune cells. Inflammatory responses were less pronounced in IAH, indicating that counterregulatory hormone responses are key modulators of hypoglycemia-induced proinflammatory effects. Hypoglycemia-induced proinflammatory changes may promote a sustained inflammatory state.
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- Jacqueline M Ratter
- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
- Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
- Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Jondle CN, Sharma A, Simonson TJ, Larson B, Mishra BB, Sharma J. Macrophage Galactose-Type Lectin-1 Deficiency Is Associated with Increased Neutrophilia and Hyperinflammation in Gram-Negative Pneumonia. J Immunol 2016; 196:3088-96. [PMID: 26912318 PMCID: PMC4936400 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1501790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
C-type lectin receptors (CLRs), the carbohydrate-recognizing molecules, orchestrate host immune response in homeostasis and in inflammation. In the present study we examined the function of macrophage galactose-type lectin-1 (MGL1), a mammalian CLR, in pneumonic sepsis, a deadly immune disorder frequently associated with a nonresolving hyperinflammation. In a murine model of pneumonic sepsis using pulmonary infection with Klebsiella pneumoniae, the expression of MGL1 was upregulated in the lungs of K. pneumoniae-infected mice, and the deficiency of this CLR in MGL1(-/-) mice resulted in significantly increased mortality to infection than in the MGL1-sufficient wild-type mice, despite a similar bacterial burden. The phagocytic cells from MGL1(-/-) mice did not exhibit any defects in bacterial uptake and intracellular killing and were fully competent in neutrophil extracellular trap formation, a recently identified extracellular killing modality of neutrophils. Instead, the increased susceptibility of MGL1(-/-) mice seemed to correlate with severe lung pathology, indicating that MGL1 is required for resolution of pulmonary inflammation. Indeed, the MGL1(-/-) mice exhibited a hyperinflammatory response, massive pulmonary neutrophilia, and an increase in neutrophil-associated immune mediators. Concomitantly, MGL1-deficient neutrophils exhibited an increased influx in pneumonic lungs of K. pneumoniae-infected mice. Taken together, these results show a previously undetermined role of MGL1 in controlling neutrophilia during pneumonic infection, thus playing an important role in resolution of inflammation. To our knowledge, this is the first study depicting a protective function of MGL1 in an acute pneumonic bacterial infection.
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- Christopher N Jondle
- Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58202
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- Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58202
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- Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58202
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- Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58202
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- Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58202
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- Department of Basic Biomedical Sciences, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND 58202
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Nahrendorf M, Frantz S, Swirski FK, Mulder WJM, Randolph G, Ertl G, Ntziachristos V, Piek JJ, Stroes ES, Schwaiger M, Mann DL, Fayad ZA. Imaging systemic inflammatory networks in ischemic heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2015; 65:1583-91. [PMID: 25881940 PMCID: PMC4401833 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.02.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Revised: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 02/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
While acute myocardial infarction mortality declines, patients continue to face reinfarction and/or heart failure. The immune system, which intimately interacts with healthy and diseased tissues through resident and recruited leukocytes, is a central interface for a global host response to ischemia. Pathways that enhance the systemic leukocyte supply may be potential therapeutic targets. Pre-clinically, imaging helps to identify immunity's decision nodes, which may serve as such targets. In translating the rapidly-expanding pre-clinical data on immune activity, the difficulty of obtaining multiple clinical tissue samples from involved organs is an obstacle that whole-body imaging can help overcome. In patients, molecular and cellular imaging can be integrated with blood-based diagnostics to assess the translatability of discoveries, including the activation of hematopoietic tissues after myocardial infarction, and serve as an endpoint in clinical trials. In this review, we discuss these concepts while focusing on imaging immune activity in organs involved in ischemic heart disease.
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- Matthias Nahrendorf
- Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biological and Medical Imaging, Technische Universität München and Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Center for Cardiovascular Research, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Department of Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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Kamimura K, Imai M, Sakamaki A, Mori S, Kobayashi M, Mizuno KI, Takeuchi M, Suda T, Nomoto M, Aoyagi Y. Granulocytapheresis for the treatment of severe alcoholic hepatitis: a case series and literature review. Dig Dis Sci 2014; 59:482-8. [PMID: 24052196 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-013-2871-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2013] [Accepted: 08/27/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Severe alcoholic hepatitis has a high mortality rate due to limited therapeutic methods. Although corticosteroids have been used to control the inflammatory response, the outcomes vary and no standardized therapy has been established. Novel therapeutic approaches, such as anti-TNF-α, pentoxifilline, and others have been tested clinically on the basis of their cytokinemic pathophysiology with limited success. However, treatment of leukocytosis that causes cytokinemia and hepatic inflammation in patients via granulocytapheresis and leukocytapheresis showed promising results in a number of reports. Here, we report two cases of severe alcoholic hepatitis treated with granulocytapheresis. The liver function and inflammation recovered after the therapy. A review of 35 cases treated with granulocytapheresis and leukocytapheresis demonstrated their efficacy in treating alcoholic hepatitis by controlling leukocytosis as well as cytokines such as IL-8. Multidisciplinary treatment for severe alcoholic hepatitis should be considered case by case on the basis of the complexity and severity of the condition.
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- Kenya Kamimura
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, 1-757 Asahimachido-ri, Chuo-ku, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan,
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Freidenreich DJ, Volek JS. Immune responses to resistance exercise. Exerc Immunol Rev 2012; 18:8-41. [PMID: 22876721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Resistance exercise induces changes in leukocyte redistribution, phenotypical surface expression and leukocyte functionality. Several factors have been shown to alter the temporal pattern and/or magnitude of response including manipulation of acute program variables, the aging process, and nutritional supplementation. Rest period length and load can modify the temporal pattern and/or magnitude of leukocytosis post exercise. Aging diminishes both the duration and magnitude of the post exercise leukocytosis and reduces leukocyte functionality. The few studies that assessed the effects of nutritional supplements (e.g., carbohydrate, whey protein, caffeine) peri-resistance exercise showed minimal effects on leukocyte responses. Sex differences exist in the timing and magnitude of leukocyte infiltration into skeletal muscle. The immune response to resistance exercise is only a small part of the recovery paradigm. A better understanding of how acute program variables and other factors such as aging, sex and nutritional supplementation affect the immune response to resistance exercise is important in the context of improving recovery, performance and health.
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- Daniel J Freidenreich
- Human Performance Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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Hatmi ZN, Saeid AK, Broumand MA, Khoshkar SN, Danesh ZF. Multiple inflammatory prognostic factors in acute coronary syndromes: a prospective inception cohort study. Acta Med Iran 2010; 48:51-57. [PMID: 21137670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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Inflammatory basis in pathopoiesis of coronary artery disease (CAD) have been demonstrated in recent decades. Elevated C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and leukocytosis were associated with an elevated risk for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). To evaluate the relationship between quantitative CRP and cardiac troponin I in conjunction with white blood cell (WBC) count and 30 days outcomes and treatment planning in patients with ACS. A concurrent inception cohort study was designed involving 200 patients as exposed and 200 patients as non exposed groups. We evaluated the relationship between baseline CRP and WBC count and cardiac troponin I , other risk factors and biomarkers, angiographic and other para-clinical tests and clinical outcomes with ACS. Higher CRP and WBC count were associated with additional coronary care unite (CCU) admission days (P = 0.002), hospitalization days (P = 0.007), arrhythmia type (P = 0.007), receiving streptokinase (P = 0.001), angiographic findings (P = 0.003), final myocardial infarction versus unstable angina (P = 0.001), date of complication (P = 0.001) and the date of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (if incident) (P = 0.015). In a multivariate Cox proportional hazard model high CRP and WBC count remained strong predictor of mortality (P = 0.028), angiography findings (three Vessel disease (3VD) and left main (LM) disease) (P = 0.001), and readmission in CCU (P = 0.002). A cardiac troponin I above 0.1 microg/lit was considered elevated. Elevated troponin level, demonstrated a significant relationship with MI incidence between two groups (P = 0.001) (89% in troponin positive group versus 11% in troponin less than 0.1 microg/lit). Inflammatory markers including, CRP and WBC count can be used to predict mortality, readmission, 3VD and LM disease in patients with ACS. In a Cox Proportional Hazard Model cardiac troponin above 0.1 microg/lit was significant predictors of MI (P = 0.003) and CPR (P = 0.044) at 30 days follow up period.
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- Zinat Nadia Hatmi
- Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Ramesh G, Borda JT, Gill A, Ribka EP, Morici LA, Mottram P, Martin DS, Jacobs MB, Didier PJ, Philipp MT. Possible role of glial cells in the onset and progression of Lyme neuroborreliosis. J Neuroinflammation 2009; 6:23. [PMID: 19706181 PMCID: PMC2748066 DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-6-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2009] [Accepted: 08/25/2009] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Lyme neuroborreliosis (LNB) may present as meningitis, cranial neuropathy, acute radiculoneuropathy or, rarely, as encephalomyelitis. We hypothesized that glia, upon exposure to Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent, produce inflammatory mediators that promote the acute cellular infiltration of early LNB. This inflammatory context could potentiate glial and neuronal apoptosis. METHODS We inoculated live B. burgdorferi into the cisterna magna of rhesus macaques and examined the inflammatory changes induced in the central nervous system (CNS), and dorsal root nerves and ganglia (DRG). RESULTS ELISA of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) showed elevated IL-6, IL-8, CCL2, and CXCL13 as early as one week post-inoculation, accompanied by primarily lymphocytic and monocytic pleocytosis. In contrast, onset of the acquired immune response, evidenced by anti-B. burgdorferi C6 serum antibodies, was first detectable after 3 weeks post-inoculation. CSF cell pellets and CNS tissues were culture-positive for B. burgdorferi. Histopathology revealed signs of acute LNB: severe multifocal leptomeningitis, radiculitis, and DRG inflammatory lesions. Immunofluorescence staining and confocal microscopy detected B. burgdorferi antigen in the CNS and DRG. IL-6 was observed in astrocytes and neurons in the spinal cord, and in neurons in the DRG of infected animals. CCL2 and CXCL13 were found in microglia as well as in endothelial cells, macrophages and T cells. Importantly, the DRG of infected animals showed significant satellite cell and neuronal apoptosis. CONCLUSION Our results support the notion that innate responses of glia to B. burgdorferi initiate/mediate the inflammation seen in acute LNB, and show that neuronal apoptosis occurs in this context.
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- Geeta Ramesh
- Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, USA
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- Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, USA
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- Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, USA
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- Division of Veterinary Medicine, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, USA
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- Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, USA
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- Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, USA
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- Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, USA
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- Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA, USA
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van Rossum AP, Vlasveld LT, Vlasveld IN, Jansen PM, Dik WA, Hooijkaas H, Castel A. Granulocytosis and thrombocytosis in renal cell carcinoma: a pro-inflammatory cytokine response originating in the tumour. Neth J Med 2009; 67:191-194. [PMID: 19581670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND In up to 20% of patients with renal cell cancer (RCC) an inflammatory response consisting of low-grade fever, weight loss and an elevated ESR and CRP may occur with modest granulocytosis and thrombocytosis. Clinical and experimental data suggest a pathogenic role for tumour-derived cytokine production, especially interleukin-6. CASE REPORT A 79-year-old female with RCC presented with low-grade fever, weight loss and overt granulocytosis and thrombocytosis. Radiological examination revealed a right-sided renal tumour. During nephrectomy a gradient between the IL-6 levels in the renal artery and vein was demonstrated, providing direct evidence for in vivo production of IL-6 by the tumour affected kidney, which was confirmed by the demonstration of IL -6 in the tumour cells by immunohistochemical staining and in the supernatant of the homogenised tumour. Cytogenetic examination revealed complex abnormalities including a gain of chromosome 7. In addition we demonstrated production of IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, IL-8 and ICAM-1 in the tumour with systemic elevated levels of IL-6 and IL-8 with secondary increased serum G-CSF and TPO levels. CONCLUSION We have provided direct evidence for the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines by renal cancer cells in a patient with RCC and a profound inflammatory response, with a central role of IL-6, probably due to a gain of chromosome 7. The extreme granulocytosis and thrombocytosis may have resulted from the secondary systemic production of G-CSF and TPO.
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- A P van Rossum
- Laboratory for Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, Bronovo Hospital, the Hague, the Netherlands
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Joshita S, Nakazawa K, Sugiyama Y, Kamijo A, Matsubayashi K, Miyabayashi H, Furuta K, Kitano K, Kawa S. Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor-producing pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma showing aggressive clinical course. Intern Med 2009; 48:687-91. [PMID: 19420814 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Herein, we encountered an 89-year-old woman with pancreatic cancer who presented with fever without infective focus, leukocytosis of 45,860 /microL, and elevation of serum granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF). The patient could not receive any curative therapy due to an extremely aggressive clinical course. Specimens taken at necropsy revealed an adenosquamous carcinoma positive for G-CSF by immunohistochemistry; it was only the second reported case to date. She was finally diagnosed with G-CSF-producing pancreatic cancer. In light of the above, clinicians should consider the presence of G-CSF-producing tumors, including pancreatic cancer, when presented with patients showing leukocytosis of unknown origin and fever without infective focus.
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- Satoru Joshita
- Department of Internal Medicine, Matsumoto Medical Center
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Takami K, Miura K, Takeuchi H, Egawa SI, Moriya T, Nakamura Y, Tanabe A, Sugita JI, Karasawa H, Unno M, Sasaki I. Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor-producing pancreatic cancer: report of a case. Surg Today 2008; 38:453-7. [PMID: 18560971 DOI: 10.1007/s00595-007-3636-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2007] [Accepted: 06/27/2007] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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A 74-year-old man was hospitalized for the investigation of fever and severe general fatigue. Laboratory examinations revealed severe leukocytosis, with a leukocyte count of 29 500/mm(3). Computed tomography, ultrasonography, and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography showed a pancreatic tumor with a diameter of 70 mm. We performed distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy and gastrectomy because there was invasion of the posterior wall of the stomach. The leukocyte count decreased to 16 900/mm(3) immediately following the operation, but it began to increase again a week later, ultimately reaching 213 000/mm(3). We measured the serum granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) concentration and the G-CSF expressions in the resected specimens with immunohistochemistry, the findings of which confirmed the diagnosis of G-CSF-producing pancreatic cancer. G-CSF-producing tumors are considered to be in a category of rare malignant diseases originating in various organs, which carry a poor prognosis. However, G-CSF-producing pancreatic cancer is extremely rare. On postoperative day (POD) 35, an intraabdominal recurrence was detected with marked leukocytosis, and on POD 42 the patient died without receiving postoperative cancer therapy.
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- Kazuhiro Takami
- Department of Surgery, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Fuentes B, Díez Tejedor E. [Role of Spanish neurology in knowledge about headaches with focal neurological deficit and lymphocytic pleocytosis]. Neurologia 2008; 23:200. [PMID: 18370344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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- M A Anjay
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Lowestoft Road, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 6LA, UK.
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Sauter D, Spiekermann K, Feuring-Buske M, Braess J. [Nonsymptomatic leukocytosis]. MMW Fortschr Med 2007; 149:29-32; quiz 33. [PMID: 17672002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Leukocytosis is a condition often met with in the clinical and ambulatory setting. Although it is usually caused by an increase in the numbers of neutrophilic granulocytes, an increase in other leukocytes populations may also account for leukocytosis. Etiologically, both primary pathological conditions affecting the white blood cells, such as various forms of leukemia and lymphomas, and also rare genetic disorders must be considered. Decidedly more common, however, are reactive changes caused by infections, cigarette smoking, chronic inflammation, necrotic tissue or certain drugs. Although moderate leukocytosis in the absence of a clinical correlate and/or an apparent trigger, requires no diagnostic clarification, it should be kept under observation. If the etiology is uncertain, or a treatment-requiring disorder is suspected, the differential blood count is at the focus of the further diagnostic work-up. Depending upon the findings, this is supplemented by additional laboratory parameters, bone marrow examination, microbiological investigations and imaging procedures. Leukostasis resulting from vasoocclusion in the presence of very high numbers of leukocytes represents an emergency situation, and is an indication for leukapheresis.
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- D Sauter
- Labor für Leukämiediagnostik, Medizinische Klinik III Klinikum der Universität München Grosshadern.
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The in vitro macrophage response to zymosan has been attributed to Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2). Whether TLR2 is obligatory for the zymosan-induced in vivo response has not been assessed. The importance of this question is underscored by the fact that zymosan activates complement in a cell-independent manner. We have investigated whether the in vitro observation of TLR2 as the dominant zymosan receptor on macrophages would translate to an experimental peritonitis model in vivo. We have treated mice with zymosan, resulting in significant leukocyte (primarily neutrophil) accumulation in the peritoneum at 4 h. Zymosan-mediated leukocyte recruitment was TLR2 independent, but was predominantly dependent on the complement components, C3 and C5a with a minor contribution from LTB4. Peritoneal neutrophilia was 50% mast cell dependent and this defect was reproduced using C5a receptor (C5aR)-deficient mast cells in mast cell-deficient mice, suggesting that C5aR is responsible for mast cell activation following zymosan challenge. By 24 h, the response to zymosan involved primarily monocyte recruitment and was C3 and C5aR independent. Taken together, these studies indicate that the in vivo inflammatory response to zymosan does not necessarily mimic the TLR2 dependence observed in vitro, and that complement plays a dominant role in early, but not late, zymosan-mediated peritonitis.
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- Sarah C Mullaly
- Immunology Research Group, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Valiev AG, Valieva TA, Speranskiĭ VV. [Peculiarities of the cellular blood composition of the rats, receiving mare's milk fat during immunization]. Vopr Pitan 2007; 76:26-9. [PMID: 17561651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The influence of polyunsaturated fatty acids of mare 's milk fat on the cellular composition of the peripheral blood was investigated in male rats after a prolonged period of feeding. Animals were fed with isocaloric purified diet, part fats which on 30% (on caloricity) of fat marers milk (in experements group), in control groups - combination of lard and sunflower oil in which the ratio of fatty acids omega-6/omega-3 was equal to 0,76. At the end of the 6-th week of feeding (on the 6-th day after a single immunization with a 5% sheep erythrocyte suspension) the immunized animals have demonstrated leucocytosis that was marked by a considerable rise in the level of neutrophils and lymphocytes and a twofold increase of monocyte number. Such characteristic changes in leucocytogram exept low monocytosis were not revealed in immunized rats at the end of the 8-th week of feeding (on the 13-th day after a repeated immunization).
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The purpose of this study was (1) to demonstrate whether peripheral blood leukocytosis accompanies first afebrile seizures without bacterial infection, (2) to investigate the duration of leukocytosis, and (3) to assess the relationship between peripheral blood leukocytosis and seizure characteristics. Complete blood count was routinely obtained from all the patients. Blood and urine cultures were obtained from patients with leukocytosis. On the 24th hour of admission, a second complete blood count was obtained from patients with initial leukocytosis. Sixty-two children aged 4.0 +/- 3.6 years (range, 6 months-13 years)-31 boys (50%) and 31 girls (50%)--enrolled in the study. The findings showed that peripheral blood leukocytosis was found in 8% of afebrile children without status epilepticus and 41.6% of afebrile children with status epilepticus. An interesting finding of the study was that peripheral blood leukocytosis accompanied by afebrile seizures subsided in 24 hours. Transient leukocytosis could be found in children with afebrile seizures without bacterial infection.
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- Metin Aydogan
- Department of Pediatrics, Kocaeli University, Istanbul, Kocaeli, Turkey.
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Neutrophils may infiltrate all layers of the skin and consequently may cause different disorders, each with its own characteristic clinical and laboratory findings. We discuss how these disorders present and how they are diagnosed and treated. In addition, important associations with internal diseases are discussed to assist clinicians in evaluating for a concurrent illness. Because treatment of these disorders may often require systemic therapy, the potential short-term and long-term effects of commonly used medications are discussed. Finally, treatment of recalcitrant diseases, mostly by use of therapies published in the form of small case series or reports, is also included to guide clinicians in dealing with the more challenging cases.
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- Arturo P Saavedra
- Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Valentini P, De Sole P, De Luca D, Plaisant P, Puggioni P, Rossi MC, Rumi C, Ranno O. Decreased chemiluminescence in leukocyte adhesion deficiency presenting with recurrent sepsis, amoebiasis and Candida albicans urinary tract infection. Minerva Med 2006; 97:437-42. [PMID: 17146424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD) is a rare disorder of cellular immunity, generally due to various mutations producing reduced or altered expression of membrane integrins. The authors report a case of LAD due to integrins expression imbalance. LAD was suspected after recurrent sepsis, fungal infection and amoebiasis with persistent leukocytosis. Neutrophils were studied with chemiluminescence showing decreased functional activity: up to now, this seems the first chemiluminescence study of neutrophil function and the first report of amoebiasis at the onset in LAD.
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- P Valentini
- Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Sacro Cuore Catholic University, Rome, Italy
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Ruotsalainen E, Sammalkorpi K, Laine J, Huotari K, Sarna S, Valtonen V, Järvinen A. Clinical manifestations and outcome in Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis among injection drug users and nonaddicts: a prospective study of 74 patients. BMC Infect Dis 2006; 6:137. [PMID: 16965625 PMCID: PMC1584240 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2006] [Accepted: 09/11/2006] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Endocarditis is a common complication in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB). We compared risk factors, clinical manifestations, and outcome in a large, prospective cohort of patients with S. aureus endocarditis in injection drug users (IDUs) and in nonaddicts. METHODS Four hundred and thirty consecutive adult patients with SAB were prospectively followed up for 3 months. Definite or possible endocarditis by modified Duke criteria was found in 74 patients: 20 patients were IDUs and 54 nonaddicts. RESULTS Endocarditis was more common in SAB among drug abusers (46%) than in nonaddicts (14%) (odds ratio [OR], 5.12; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.65-9.91; P < 0.001). IDUs were significantly younger (27 +/- 15 vs 65 +/- 15 years, P < 0.001), had less ultimately or rapidly fatal underlying diseases (0% vs 37%, P < 0.001) or predisposing heart diseases (20% vs 50%, P = 0.03), and their SAB was more often community-acquired (95% vs 39%, P < 0.001). Right-sided endocarditis was observed in 60% of IDUs whereas 93% of nonaddicts had left-sided involvement (P < 0.001). An extracardiac deep infection was found in 85% of IDUs and in 89% of nonaddicts (P = 0.70). Arterial thromboembolic events and severe sepsis were also equally common in both groups. There was no difference in mortality between the groups at 7 days, but at 3 months it was lower among IDUs (10%) compared with nonaddicts (39%) (OR, 5.73; 95% CI, 1.20-27.25; P = 0.02). CONCLUSION S. aureus endocarditis in IDUs was associated with as high complication rates including extracardiac deep infections, thromboembolic events, or severe sepsis as in nonaddicts. Injection drug abuse in accordance with younger age and lack of underlying diseases were associated with lower mortality, but after adjusting by age and underlying diseases injection drug abuse was not significantly associated with mortality.
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- Eeva Ruotsalainen
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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Tokita K, Uchida Y, Yamamoto T. Roles of leukocytosis and cysteinyl leukotriene in polymorphonuclear leukocyte-dependent plasma extravasation. J Leukoc Biol 2006; 80:1308-19. [PMID: 16940329 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0805488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The PMN-dependent plasma extravasation is a major mechanism of permeability enhancement in acute inflammation. To reveal the pathophysiological significance of the PMN-dependent plasma extravasation, we prepared a systemic leukocytotic guinea pig model by a daily injection of recombinant human (rh)G-CSF. The extent of the PMN-dependent plasma extravasation, regarded as the late-phase permeability induced by an intradermal injection of zymosan-activated guinea pig plasma (ZAP) or of rhC5a, clearly correlated to the circulating PMN number. The augmentation of local response following the systemic response seemed to be the characteristic feature of the PMN-dependent plasma extravasation. We then revealed the molecular mechanism of the PMN-dependent plasma extravasation. Neither the antihistaminic agent diphenhydramine, nor the bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist, HOE140, affected the ZAP-induced, late-phase extravasation. In contrast to this, pretreatment with an antagonist of cysteinyl leukotriene (cys-LT) 1 receptor, pranlukast, significantly reduced the late-phase extravasation. Similarly, it was reduced by pretreatment with a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor, MK-886, indicating the participation of cys-LTs in the PMN-dependent plasma extravasation. Histologically, pretreatment with pranlukast or MK-886 did not affect the ZAP-induced PMN infiltration. Consistently, a combined treatment with pranlukast and diphenhydramine completely suppressed the early-phase extravasation. As pranlukast pretreatment did not affect plasma extravasation induced by mast cell degranulation, and depletion of platelets did not influence the pranlukast-inhibitable plasma extravasation induced by rhC5a injection, cys-LTs are most likely produced by transcellular biosynthesis involving PMNs and vascular wall cells.
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- Kazutaka Tokita
- Faculty of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 2-2-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan.
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Sirimaharaj M, Robinson MR, Zhu M, Csaky KG, Donovan B, Sutter F, Gillies MC. Intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide for immune recovery uveitis. Retina 2006; 26:578-80. [PMID: 16770266 DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200605000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Maytinee Sirimaharaj
- Save Sight Institute, Department of Clinical Ophthalmology, University of Sydney, Australia
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Wanahita A, Davis B, Hamill RJ, Goldsmith EA, Rodgers JR, Cook RG, Lamphear JG, Musher DM. Clostridium difficilelacks detectable superantigen activity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 47:275-7. [PMID: 16831215 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2006.00089.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Clostridium difficile colitis causes striking leukocytosis. We examined the possibility that toxins A or B, or other nontoxin products of C. difficile, act as superantigens, thereby stimulating leukocytosis. Our results failed to show major histocompatibility complex class II-dependent T lymphocyte proliferation, the hallmark of superantigen activity. Elevated white blood cell counts in C. difficile colitis are probably due to increased generation of cytokines such as interleukin-6 (IL-6) or IL-8.
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- Anna Wanahita
- Michael E. Debakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Borovkova NV, Khvatov VB, Grishin AV, Blagovestnov DA. [Complex of immunological characteristics for the diagnostics of pancreatogenic immunodeficiency]. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 2006:71-5. [PMID: 16830595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The results of the immunological study of blood in 89 patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) were analyzed. Immune reactions in SAP were characterized by the presence of moderate leukocytosis, an increase in the phagocytic and metabolic activity of neutrophils, relative lymphopenia, a decrease in the number of B-lymphocytes. The average values of the parameters of the immunogram of patients with the favorable course of the disease on days 2 - 3 were analogous to the average population values in 89 examinees. The direction and the degree of manifestation were slightly variable and could be registered within one standard quadratic deviation. Such heterogeneity in the character of immune reactions made it possible to regard the average values of the immunogram parameters of these patients as "the norm". For the objective evaluation of the immune status of SAP patients a scale for the evaluation, in points, of disturbances in immune reactions to the destructive process in the pancreas was developed. This scale for the evaluation, in points, of the severity of disturbances in the immune status of SAP patients made it possible to prognosticate the development of complications.
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Kikuchi S, Santiago-Raber ML, Amano H, Amano E, Fossati-Jimack L, Moll T, Kotzin BL, Izui S. Contribution of NZB Autoimmunity 2 to Y-Linked Autoimmune Acceleration-Induced Monocytosis in Association with Murine Systemic Lupus. J Immunol 2006; 176:3240-7. [PMID: 16493085 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.5.3240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The accelerated development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in BXSB male mice is associated with the presence of the Y-linked autoimmune acceleration (Yaa) mutation, which induces an age-dependent monocytosis. Using a cohort of C57BL/6 (B6) x (NZB x B6)F1 backcross male mice bearing the Yaa mutation, we defined the pathogenic role and genetic basis for Yaa-associated monocytosis. We observed a remarkable correlation of monocytosis with autoantibody production and subsequent development of lethal lupus nephritis, indicating that monocytosis is an additional useful indicator for severe SLE. In addition, we identified an NZB-derived locus on chromosome 1 predisposing to the development of monocytosis, which peaked at Fcgr2b encoding FcgammaRIIB and directly overlapped with the previously identified NZB autoimmunity 2 (Nba2) locus. The contribution of Nba2 to monocytosis was confirmed by the analysis of Yaa-bearing B6 mice congenic for the NZB-Nba2 locus. Finally, we observed a very low-level expression of FcgammaRIIB on macrophages bearing the NZB-type Fcgr2b allele, compared with those bearing the B6-type allele, and the development of monocytosis in FcgammaRIIB haploinsufficient B6 mice carrying the Yaa mutation. These data suggest that the Nba2 locus may play a supplementary role in the pathogenesis of SLE by promoting the development of monocytosis and the activation of effector cells bearing stimulatory FcgammaR, in addition to its implication in the dysregulated activation of autoreactive B cells.
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MESH Headings
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/biosynthesis
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Autoimmunity/genetics
- Female
- Genes, Y-Linked/genetics
- Genes, Y-Linked/immunology
- Leukocytosis/genetics
- Leukocytosis/immunology
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/genetics
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/immunology
- Lupus Nephritis/genetics
- Lupus Nephritis/immunology
- Macrophages/immunology
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Congenic
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred NZB
- Mice, Knockout
- Monocytes/immunology
- Monocytes/pathology
- Mutation
- Receptors, IgG/biosynthesis
- Receptors, IgG/genetics
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- Shuichi Kikuchi
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Kaski JC, Avanzas P, Arroyo-Espliguero R. Neutrophil count and complex lesions in patients with coronary artery disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2005; 25:e112; author reply e112. [PMID: 15923537 DOI: 10.1161/01.atv.0000168419.71423.b8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Xu Y, McKenna RW, Karandikar NJ, Pildain AJ, Kroft SH. Flow cytometric analysis of monocytes as a tool for distinguishing chronic myelomonocytic leukemia from reactive monocytosis. Am J Clin Pathol 2005; 124:799-806. [PMID: 16203279 DOI: 10.1309/hrj1-xktd-77j1-utfm] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/29/2022] Open
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To determine whether immunophenotypic features of monocytes are useful in differentiating chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) from reactive monocytosis, multiparameter flow cytometry was used to immunophenotype 20 bone marrow samples from patients with CMML, 10 normal marrow samples, and 20 marrow samples with reactive monocytosis. Monocytes in CMML exhibited aberrant antigen expression in all 20 cases. Abnormal antigen expression also was observed in monocytes in 11 of 20 reactive marrow samples. However, aberrant expression of 2 or more antigens was significantly less frequent in reactive monocytosis than in CMML (P = .002). CD56 expression with underexpression of a myeloid marker was unique to CMML monocytes. Subpopulations of monocytes with moderate levels of CD14 were present in all 3 groups. The proportion of CD14(moderate) monocytes was highest in CMML and was 20% or more in 13 of 20 CMML cases vs 3 of 20 reactive marrow samples (P = .003) and 2 of 10 normal marrow samples (P = .007). A combination of monocytosis with 2 or more immunophenotypic aberrancies with 20% or more of marrow monocytes showing moderate CD14 expression was 67% sensitive and 100% specific for CMML.
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- Yin Xu
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9072, USA
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Kepa L, Oczko-Grzesik B, Stolarz W, Sobala-Szczygiel B. Drug-induced aseptic meningitis in suspected central nervous system infections. J Clin Neurosci 2005; 12:562-4. [PMID: 16051094 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2004] [Accepted: 08/06/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This study presents eight patients with drug-induced aseptic meningitis (DIAM) admitted to our centre with an initial suspicion of central nervous system (CNS) infection. In all patients clinical findings, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examination, a cause-effect relationship according to the Naranjo adverse drug reactions probability scale and other diagnostic criteria required for DIAM recognition, were fulfilled. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were the most frequent cause of DIAM. In two cases, there was previous antimicrobial use. The time between use of the causative drug and onset of the symptoms ranged from 2 to 7 days. Clinical symptoms and CSF findings in patients with DIAM are indistinguishable from the early stage of infections of the CNS. Detailed anamnesis is essential, particularly related to medication use immediately prior to the appearance of symptoms of CNS impairment. In conclusion, the differential diagnosis of CNS infections should include DIAM.
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- Adult
- Anti-Infective Agents/adverse effects
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/adverse effects
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/adverse effects
- Central Nervous System Infections/cerebrospinal fluid
- Central Nervous System Infections/diagnosis
- Central Nervous System Infections/physiopathology
- Cerebrospinal Fluid/cytology
- Cerebrospinal Fluid/immunology
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Immunoglobulins, Intravenous/adverse effects
- Injections, Spinal/adverse effects
- Leukocytosis/chemically induced
- Leukocytosis/immunology
- Leukocytosis/physiopathology
- Male
- Meningitis, Aseptic/cerebrospinal fluid
- Meningitis, Aseptic/chemically induced
- Meningitis, Aseptic/diagnosis
- Meningitis, Bacterial/diagnosis
- Meningitis, Bacterial/physiopathology
- Meningitis, Viral/diagnosis
- Meningitis, Viral/physiopathology
- Vaccines/adverse effects
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- L Kepa
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Bytom, Poland.
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Aroch I, Klement E, Segev G. Clinical, biochemical, and hematological characteristics, disease prevalence, and prognosis of dogs presenting with neutrophil cytoplasmic toxicity. J Vet Intern Med 2005; 19:64-73. [PMID: 15715050 DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2005)19<64:cbahcd>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Neutrophil cytoplasmic toxicity is manifested as an abnormality in cell size or the cytoplasmic content upon examination of Romanowsky-stained blood smears, and is traditionally associated with infection and inflammation. The purpose of this retrospective study was to investigate the association of such changes with clinical and clinicopathologic characteristics, diseases, and prognoses in dogs. Dogs with neutrophil toxicity (n = 248) were compared with negative controls (n = 248). Statistical analyses included chi-square tests, independent t-tests, nonparametric Mann-Whitney tests, the chi-square trend test, and survival analysis. Dogs with neutrophil toxicity had a significantly higher prevalence of pale mucous membranes, tachycardia, fever, abdominal organomegaly, icterus, melena, and hematuria. Most mean hematologic variables were significantly different between groups. Dogs with neutrophil toxicity had a significantly (P < .05) higher prevalence of leukocytosis, leukopenia, neutrophilia, neutropenia, anemia, hyponatremia, hypokalemia, hypoproteinemia, hypoalbuminemia, and hypocalcemia. The prevalence of pyometra, parvovirus infection, acute renal failure, peritonitis, immune-mediated hemolytic anemia, disseminated intravascular coagulation, pancreatitis, septicemia, and neoplastic disorders was significantly higher among these dogs. Case fatality, hospitalization length, and treatment cost were significantly (P < .001) higher in dogs with neutrophil toxicity. Neutrophil toxicity severity was significantly (P < .0035) and positively associated with neutropenia, and negatively associated with leukocytosis and neutrophilia. A significant trend (P = .05) toward increasing case fatality with an increase of neutrophil toxicity was observed. In the neutrophil toxicity group, dogs with leukopenia (<5.0 X 10(3)/mm3) had a significantly (P < .0001) higher case fatality compared to dogs with normal or high leukocyte counts. We conclude that evaluation of blood smears for neutrophil cytoplasmic toxicity provides useful clinical information and can serve as a good prognostic predictor.
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- Itamar Aroch
- School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
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The association between leukocytosis and increased morbidity and mortality of ischemic vascular disease has been observed for more than half a century, and recent studies in >350,000 patients confirm the robustness of the association and the dramatically higher relative and absolute acute and chronic mortality rates in patients with high versus low leukocyte counts. Although there is reason to believe that the association is not causal (that is, that leukocytosis is simply a marker of inflammation), there is also reason to believe that the leukocytosis directly enhances acute thrombosis and chronic atherosclerosis. Leukocytosis also is associated with poor prognosis and vaso-occlusive events in patients with sickle cell disease, and experimental data suggest a direct role for leukocytes in microvascular obstruction. The only way to test whether leukocytes contribute directly to poor outcome in ischemic cardiovascular disease is to assess the effect of modifying leukocyte function or number. Because selective blockade of leukocyte integrin alphaMbeta2 and P-selectin have thus far been disappointing as therapeutic strategies in human cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, I discuss the potential risks and benefits of short-term treatment with hydroxyurea to decrease the leukocyte count in select populations of patients at the highest risk of short-term death.
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- Barry S Coller
- The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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PURPOSE Unrecognized bowel injury following laparoscopy has a subtle and delayed clinical presentation compared with that after open surgery. We determined peritoneal and systemic immune function in laparoscopic and open bowel injury cases. We propose that laparoscopy does not activate immune responses to the same extent as open surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 40 rabbits were divided into 4 groups. Two study groups were subjected to laparoscopic and open bowel injury, and 2 control groups underwent pneumoperitoneum and sham open surgery, respectively, without bowel injury. Animals were sacrificed 1 day, 3 days and 1 week postoperatively. Macroscopic and histological findings were analyzed. Peritoneal fluid, systemic white blood count (WBC) and differentials were done with a hemocytometer. Peritoneal fluid and serum interleukin (IL)-8 concentrations were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. RESULTS Macroscopic and histological findings were indistinguishable in the 2 study groups. However, study groups demonstrated higher peritoneal WBCs than their respective controls at 1 and 3 days (p <0.05). Peritoneal WBC was lower in the laparoscopy than in the open study group at 3 days (p <0.05). There was a significant decrease in peritoneal lymphocytes and monocytes in the laparoscopic vs the open study group at 3 days. No differences were found in systemic WBC or differentials among all groups. Peritoneal IL-8 concentrations were higher in the laparoscopic bowel injury than in the laparoscopic control group at 1 and 3 days (p <0.05). However, there were no differences in peritoneal or serum IL-8 concentrations between both study groups. CONCLUSIONS Laparoscopic surgery seems to be unable to sustain peritoneal immune responses, which may mask reliable clinical signs and symptoms of peritonitis associated with bowel injury.
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- Assaad El-Hakim
- Department of Urology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York 11040, USA
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Haas N, Küster W, Zuberbier T, Henz BM. Muckle-Wells syndrome: clinical and histological skin findings compatible with cold air urticaria in a large kindred. Br J Dermatol 2004; 151:99-104. [PMID: 15270877 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06001.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Muckle-Wells syndrome is a rare familial disease with autosomal dominant inheritance, characterized by cold sensitivity and polyarthralgias since childhood, with possible later development of nerve deafness and renal amyloidosis. The nature of the skin manifestations is, however, not well characterized. OBJECTIVES To clarify the nature of cutaneous cold sensitivity in patients with Muckle-Wells syndrome by studying clinical aspects and histological features. METHODS Eighteen members of a family with Muckle-Wells syndrome and the recently identified mutation of the CIAS1 gene at locus 260 of chromosome 1q44 were available for study. Examination included a thorough history, physical examination and a battery of laboratory tests. In two brothers, standard cold contact and cold air provocation tests were performed, as were biopsies from normal and lesional skin. RESULTS All affected family members reported an increased sensitivity to cold, dampness or changes in temperature, and most had arthritis and conjunctivitis. Eight had developed hearing loss, four renal involvement, and amyloid deposits were found in three of five patients in whom rectal biopsies were performed. Laboratory tests showed leucocytosis and elevated C-reactive protein, but no serum cold agglutinins and cryoglobulins. Skin eruptions, with weals of 0.2-3 cm, lasted from 5 to 24 h and were associated with local itching or pain as well as fever, malaise and chills. On cold provocation of two patients, lesions could be reproduced by cold air, but not by contact with an ice cube or cold water. On histology, there was increased vasodilatation, marked infiltration with neutrophils and monocytes/macrophages, and increased expression of beta 2 integrins in lesional vs. normal skin. Numbers of mast cells as well as expression of interleukin-3 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha were unchanged. CONCLUSIONS Cold-induced skin lesions in Muckle-Wells syndrome represent typical generalized cold air/wind inflammatory reactions, as also observed in familial cold urticaria. Microscopic features are similar to those observed in other types of urticaria.
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- N Haas
- Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité-Mitte, Schumannstr. 20/21, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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Potapnev MP, Belevtsev MV, Bortkevich LG, Grinev VV, Martsev SP, Kravchuk ZI, Migal NV, Aleinikova OV. Significance of serum immunoglobulin G for leukocytosis and prognosis in childhood B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2004; 42:421-6. [PMID: 15049013 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study was conducted to evaluate the significance of serum level of immunoglobulins (Igs) and particularly IgG for leukemic cell persistence in peripheral blood (PB) and prognosis for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). PROCEDURE Human sera were obtained from 68 children with primary B-lineage ALL at diagnosis and 46 healthy children (control). Serum level of IgM, IgG, IgA, IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, antitumor antibody, homogeneous IgG were quantified by turbidimetric or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. RESULTS The mean values of serum IgM, IgG, IgA at diagnosis were not differed significantly in ALL patients and control children. The level of IgM and IgG1 inversely correlated with white blood cell (WBC) count in PB of patients. Normal range of serum IgG, separated by 25th and 75th percentiles of IgG variables, was associated in patients with decreased WBC count in PB but not in bone marrow (BM) versus patients with low concentration of IgG. Normal range of IgG also favors low frequency of homogeneous IgG and antitumor antibodies. Patients with high level of IgG, besides increased frequency of homogeneous IgG and antitumor antibodies, had worse 3-year overall survival (OS) rate as compared to patients with normal level of IgG (58.8 vs. 91.2%, P = 0.014). CONCLUSIONS The normal level of serum IgG at diagnosis is a beneficial prognostic factor associated with lower rate of leukemic cell persistence in PB and better outcome of childhood B-lineage ALL.
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BACKGROUND A broad differential diagnosis has to be considered in a patient with swollen discs. Myeloproliferative disorders such as leukemia and lymphoma can in rare cases cause infiltrative optic neuropathy. HISTORY AND SIGNS Two patients initially presented with slowly progressive severe visual loss. History was unremarkable except for previously noted slightly elevated white blood cell count for which - according to their general physicians - no treatment or work-up was required. At presentation, bilateral disc swelling was present. Magnetic resonance imaging showed enhancement of the entire optic nerves sparing the chiasm. No other intracranial lesion was found. Cerebrospinal fluid contained no malignant cells. THERAPY AND OUTCOME After bone marrow aspiration the diagnosis of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and granulocytic leukemia, respectively, was made. Treatment resulted in visual recovery. CONCLUSION Work-up in a patient with swollen discs should always include white blood cell count. If the result is abnormal further exploration should be pursued. Elevated white blood cell count may be the only hint of optic nerve infiltration caused by a myeloproliferative disorder and its treatment can result in remarkable recovery.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Biopsy, Needle
- Bone Marrow/pathology
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Fluorescein Angiography
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/immunology
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/pathology
- Leukemic Infiltration
- Leukocyte Count
- Leukocytosis/diagnosis
- Leukocytosis/immunology
- Leukocytosis/pathology
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/diagnosis
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/immunology
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/pathology
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Optic Disk/pathology
- Optic Nerve/pathology
- Papilledema/immunology
- Papilledema/pathology
- Vision, Low/etiology
- Vision, Low/pathology
- Visual Acuity/physiology
- Visual Fields/physiology
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- M G Wirth
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland.
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Jones OY, Steele A, Jones JM, Marikar Y, Chang Y, Feliz A, Cahill RA, Good RA. Nonmyeloablative Bone Marrow Transplantation of BXSB Lupus Mice Using Fully Matched Allogeneic Donor Cells from Green Fluorescent Protein Transgenic Mice. J Immunol 2004; 172:5415-9. [PMID: 15100282 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.9.5415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Male BXSB mice, a mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus, were given bone marrow transplants (BMT) at 20 wk of age using MHC-matched donor cells and nonmyeloablative conditioning (550 cGy irradiation). Transplanted mice and irradiation controls were followed for a period of 20 wk. Mice transgenic for green fluorescent protein were used as donors to allow tracking of donor cells and a determination of chimerism. Radiation controls had reduced renal pathology at 10 wk posttransplant, but not at 20 wk compared with untreated mice, while nonmyeloablative BMT mice had significantly reduced pathology at both time intervals. The monocytosis characteristic of older BXSB mice was also reduced by BMT, but the treatment did not prevent production of Ab to dsDNA. A stable chimerism of 24-40% donor CD45-positive cells was achieved in spleen and bone marrow, and there was no evidence of clinical graft vs host disease. Donor cells were detected in most recipient organs, notably the thymus and renal glomeruli. The results suggest that complete depletion of mature lymphocytes or of progenitor stem cells is not required to control lupus nephritis in BXSB mice.
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- Olcay Y Jones
- Pediatric Rheumatology, All Children's Hospital, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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Chirase NK, Purdy CW, Avampato JM. Effect of simulated ambient particulate matter exposure on performance, rectal temperature, and leukocytosis of young Spanish goats with or without tilmicosin phosphate. J Anim Sci 2004; 82:1219-26. [PMID: 15080345 DOI: 10.2527/2004.8241219x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Dust is an environmental stressor and can become extensive in agricultural production systems. Thirty-six female, Spanish goats (average BW 21.1 kg, SEM = 1.31; age = 4 mo) were randomly assigned to simulated dust events or no dust, with or without tilmicosin phosphate treatment in a 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of treatments to determine effects on performance, rectal temperature, and leukocyte changes. All goats were fed a standard growing diet (13.6% CP) consisting of 37% roughage and 63% concentrate (DM basis). Feed intake was measured daily, and BW (unshrunk) measured individually every 7 d. The tilmicosin-treated group received tilmicosin phosphate (10 mg/kg BW s.c.) before starting the study. Goats exposed to dust were enclosed as a group inside a canvass tent for 4 h each day and ground feed yard manure dust (mean particle size 100 microm) was aerosolized inside the tent to simulate a dust event. There was one single dust event (Phase I) followed by rectal temperature measurement, and heparinized blood collection for complete cell counts at 0 (pretrial), 4, 12, 20, 44, 68, and 210 h after dust exposure. This was followed by 21 d of chronic dust events (Phase II). The sampling procedures for Phase II were exactly the same as in Phase I, except that samples were obtained daily at 0 (before dust application), 4, 8, and 12 h after each dust event. Dust treatment had no effect (P > 0.05) on feed intake or ADG, but the gain:feed (G:F) ratio was lower (P < 0.05) in the control goats than the dust exposed group. Tilmicosin phosphate-treated goats had a higher (P < 0.05) G:F ratio than untreated goats. Dust exposure increased (P < 0.002), but tilmicosin treatment decreased (P < 0.05) rectal temperature at 4 and 8 h. Dust exposure increased (P < 0.02) blood lymphocyte counts compared with controls. These results suggest that simulated dust events altered rectal temperature and leukocyte counts of goats.
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- N K Chirase
- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Amarillo 79106, USA.
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Heininger U. Comment on findings of Hodge et al. Respirology 2004; 9:141; author reply 142. [PMID: 14982618 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2004.0517a.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Vivas J, Riaño J, Carracedo B, Razquin BE, López-Fierro P, Naharro G, Villena AJ. The auxotrophic aroA mutant of Aeromonas hydrophila as a live attenuated vaccine against A. salmonicida infections in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Fish Shellfish Immunol 2004; 16:193-206. [PMID: 15123323 DOI: 10.1016/s1050-4648(03)00078-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2003] [Accepted: 05/27/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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An auxotrophic aroA mutant of the Aeromonas hydrophila AG2 strain is a live attenuated vaccine against A. hydrophila infection in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The protection conferred by the live attenuated vaccine against A. salmonicida strains is reported here, and several parameters of the specific and non-specific immune response in vaccinated trout were characterised. Vaccination with a dose of 10(7)cells/fish of the aroA mutant elicited significant protection against the Hooke and DK30 strains of A. salmonicida (relative percent survival RPS >60%). This cross-protection correlated moderately with the activation of the humoral and cellular specific immune responses, which show cross-reactivity against antigens shared by the two bacterial species, and a moderate increase in the lysozyme and antiprotease activities in the serum of vaccinated trout.
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- Jose Vivas
- Departmento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
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Peripheral blood leukocytosis has been reported following febrile seizures as a result of infection, the seizure, or both. To examine this relationship, 238 consecutive children < 5 years of age who experienced their first febrile seizure were evaluated. Lumbar punctures were electively done on 128 of the children to rule out central nervous system infection. Total leukocyte counts and duration of fever before the seizure were negatively correlated (r = - .175, P < .05). In logistic regression analysis, the logarithm of fever duration before the seizure was negatively associated with leukocytosis (leukocyte count > or = 15,000 cells/microL [odds ratio: 0.117, P < .05]). Cerebrospinal fluid glucose concentrations were significantly correlated with increased body temperature (r = .230, P < .05) and increased leukocyte counts (r = .255, P < .01). No significant association was found between leukocyte counts and the characteristics of the febrile seizure event. By all indications, changes in leukocyte counts appear more likely to be related to the length and underlying etiology of the fever than to the seizure itself.
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- Mohammad R Mohebbi
- Students' Scientific Research Center, Bahrami Children's Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
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Łuczyński W, Stasiak-Barmuta A, Krawczuk-Rybak M, Kasprzycka E, Zak J, Nowakowska M. [Is cellular immunity not impaired after remission induction in acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children]. Pol Merkur Lekarski 2004; 16:17-21. [PMID: 15080084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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UNLABELLED We examined immune system at the time of diagnosis and after remission induction in the group of 30 children (aged 6.5 +/- 3.6) with acute pre-B lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). The group was divided into standard risk group (treated with BFM protocol, n = 20) and high risk group (New York protocol, n = 10). We measured: episodes of infection, leukocytosis, immunoglobulin concentrations (G, M, A and E), lymphocytes and their subpopulations (CD19+, CD3+, CD3 + HLA-DR+, CD4+, CD8+, CD4 + CD45RA+, CD4 + CD45RO+, CD8 + CD45RA+, CD8 + CD45RO+, CD16 + CD56+). RESULTS Immunoglobulin concentrations at the time of diagnosis were normal, and decreased after remission induction only reduction of IgG concentration was statistically significant (p = 0.008). At the time of diagnosis we noted the following differences in examined group compared to control group: higher leukocytosis (p = 0.03), lower lymphocyte count (p = 0.0008), significantly lower lymphocyte subpopulation count (for subpopulations CD19+; CD3+; CD4+; CD8+ and CD16 + 56+). After remission induction comparing to the time of diagnosis we observed: total leukocytosis reduction (p = 0.01), percentage and count CD19+ lymphocytes reduction (adequately p = 0.000007, p = 0.03), increase of lymphocyte CD3+ percentage (p = 0.002) and CD8+ lymphocyte percentage (p = 0.00003). CONCLUSIONS 1. At the time of diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children lower counts of all lymphocyte populations are observed. 2. Immune suppression after remission induction in this group of patients concerns mainly humoral response, particularly immunoglobulin G production. 3. Severe infections in patients treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia are indication to immunological system assessment and early immunoglobulin supplementations of deficits e.g. immunoglobulin infusions. 4. Humoral immunity impairment in children with ALL is an effect of treatment, not disease.
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Elsawa SF, Bost KL. Murine γ-Herpesvirus-68-Induced IL-12 Contributes to the Control of Latent Viral Burden, but Also Contributes to Viral-Mediated Leukocytosis. J Immunol 2003; 172:516-24. [PMID: 14688362 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.1.516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Early IFN-alpha/beta production, followed by the development of a viral-specific CTL response, are critical factors in limiting the level of murine gamma-herpesvirus-68 (gammaHV-68) infection. Development of a long-lived CTL response requires T cell help, and these CTLs most likely function to limit the extent of infection following reactivation. The importance of IL-12 in the development and/or activity of Th1 cells and CTLs is well documented, and we investigated the kinetics and magnitude of gammaHV-68-induced IL-12 production. Following intranasal infection, IL-12 and IL-23 mRNA expression was up-regulated in lung and spleen and lung, respectively, followed by increased levels of IL-12p40 in lung homogenates and sera. Exposure of cultured macrophages or dendritic cells to gammaHV-68 induced secretion of IL-12, suggesting that these cells might be responsible for IL-12 production in vivo. gammaHV-68 infection of mice made genetically deficient in IL-12p40 expression (IL-12p40(-/-)) resulted in a leukocytosis and splenomegaly that was significantly less than that observed in syngeneic C57BL/6 mice. IL-12p40(-/-) mice showed increased levels of infectious virus in the lung, but only at day 9 postinfection. Increased levels of latent virus in the spleen at day 15 postinfection were also observed in IL-12p40(-/-) mice when compared with syngeneic C57BL/6 mice. An overall reduction in gammaHV-68-induced IFN-gamma production was observed in IL-12p40(-/-) mice, suggesting that most of the viral-induced IFN-gamma in C57BL/6 mice was IL-12 dependent. Taken together, these results suggest that gammaHV-68-induced IL-12 contributes to the pathophysiology of viral infection while also functioning to limit viral burden.
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- Sherine F Elsawa
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
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Pertussis toxin (PT) is the major virulence factor of Bordetella pertussis, and detoxified PT is a crucial antigen of acellular pertussis vaccine. Here, plasmid DNA expressing the pertussis toxin S1 subunit (pcDNA/S1) of B. pertussis was evaluated for immunogenicity and for the ability to induce protection against PT challenge or B. pertussis infection in mice. The gene gun delivery of pcDNA/S1, performed by inserting the S1 gene into a mammalian expression vector, successfully induced anti-PT IgG antibody production. Immunization of mice with pcDNA/S1 significantly inhibited leukocytosis-promoting activity caused by PT or B. pertussis. In addition, pcDNA/S1 induced significant protection against intracerebral challenge with a lethal dose of B. pertussis. The results of the present study demonstrated that a DNA vaccine encoding the PT-S1 subunit induced protection against B. pertussis infection in mice. Thus, this vaccine preparation is potentially applicable for the production of novel vaccines against B. pertussis infection.
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- Kazunari Kamachi
- Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Infection Control, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Gakuen 4-7-1, Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan.
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We describe a unique patient whose clinical and laboratory findings fulfill diagnostic criteria of adult onset Still's disease and at the same time, this case was complicated by aseptic meningitis with neutrophilic pleocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid, as well as sensorineural hearing loss. The symptoms of the patient improved greatly with prednisolone therapy. Some studies in the literature suggest that this disease may lead to aseptic meningitis with neutrophilic pleocytosis.
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- Fehmi Tabak
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Division of Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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Although cigarette smoking is a recognized cause of acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP), and an increase in eosinophils in the lung is a common occurrence in AEP, early-phase neutrophilia in AEP is not well understood. We describe three cases of cigarette smoke (menthol type)-induced AEP with neutrophilia in the lungs or blood. Increased in-vitro production of the neutrophil chemoattractant interleukin (IL)-8 by human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) was correlated with neutrophilia. We suggest that IL-8 released from HBECs is involved in neutrophilia in the lung in AEP, and is newly recognized as an important factor in the early phase of AEP development.
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- Keisuke Miki
- Department of Internal Medicine, JA Kochi Hospital, Nankoku, Kochi
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Vandal K, Rouleau P, Boivin A, Ryckman C, Talbot M, Tessier PA. Blockade of S100A8 and S100A9 suppresses neutrophil migration in response to lipopolysaccharide. J Immunol 2003; 171:2602-9. [PMID: 12928412 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.5.2602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Recently, proinflammatory activities had been described for S100A8 and S100A9, two proteins found at inflammatory sites and within the neutrophil cytoplasm. In this study, we investigated the role of these proteins in neutrophil migration in vivo in response to LPS. LPS was injected into the murine air pouch, which led to the release of S100A8, S100A9, and S100A8/A9 in the pouch exudates that preceded accumulation of neutrophils. Passive immunization against S100A8 and S100A9 led to a 52% inhibition of neutrophil migration in response to LPS at 3 h postinjection. Injection of LPS was also associated with an increase in peripheral blood neutrophils and the presence in serum of S100A9 and S100A8/A9. Intravenous injection of S100A8, S100A9, or S100A8/A9 augmented the number of circulating neutrophils and diminished the number of neutrophils in the bone marrow, demonstrating that S100A8 and S100A9 induced the mobilization of neutrophils from the bone marrow to the blood. Finally, passive immunization with anti-S100A9 inhibited the neutrophilia associated with LPS injection in the air pouch. These results suggest that S100A8 and S100A9 play a role in the inflammatory response to LPS by inducing the release of neutrophils from the bone marrow and directing their migration to the inflammatory site.
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- Karen Vandal
- Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Université Laval, 2705 Boulevard Laurier, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada G1V 4G2
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Emoto M, Emoto Y, Brinkmann V, Miyamoto M, Yoshizawa I, Stäber M, van Rooijen N, Hamann A, Kaufmann SHE. Increased resistance of LFA-1-deficient mice to lipopolysaccharide-induced shock/liver injury in the presence of TNF-alpha and IL-12 is mediated by IL-10: a novel role for LFA-1 in the regulation of the proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine balance. J Immunol 2003; 171:584-93. [PMID: 12847222 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.2.584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Challenge with low doses of LPS together with D-galactosamine causes severe liver injury, resulting in lethal shock (low dose LPS-induced shock). We examined the role of LFA-1 in low dose LPS-induced shock. LFA-1(-/-) mice were more resistant to low dose LPS-induced shock/liver injury than their heterozygous littermates, although serum levels of TNF-alpha and IL-12 were higher in these mice. C57BL/6 mice were not rescued from lethal effects of LPS by depletion of NK1(+) cells, granulocytes, or macrophages, and susceptibility of NKT cell-deficient mice was comparable to that of controls. High numbers of platelets were detected in the liver of LFA-1(+/-) mice after low dose LPS challenge, whereas liver accumulation of platelets was only marginal in LFA-1(-/-) mice. Following low dose LPS challenge, serum levels of IL-10 were higher in LFA-1(-/-) mice than in LFA-1(+/-) mice, and susceptibility to low dose LPS-induced shock as well as platelet accumulation in the liver of LFA-1(-/-) mice were markedly increased by IL-10 neutralization. Serum levels of IL-10 in LFA-1(+/-) mice were only marginally affected by macrophage depletion. However, in LFA-1(-/-) mice macrophage depletion markedly reduced serum levels of IL-10, and as a corollary, susceptibility of LFA-1(-/-) mice to low dose LPS-induced shock was markedly elevated despite the fact that TNF-alpha levels were also diminished. We conclude that LFA-1 participates in LPS-induced lethal shock/liver injury by regulating IL-10 secretion from macrophages and that IL-10 plays a decisive role in resistance to shock/liver injury. Our data point to a novel role of LFA-1 in control of the proinflammatory/anti-inflammatory cytokine network.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/administration & dosage
- Clodronic Acid/administration & dosage
- Cytokines/biosynthesis
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
- Down-Regulation/genetics
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Female
- Granulocytes/immunology
- Granulocytes/metabolism
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Inflammation Mediators/antagonists & inhibitors
- Inflammation Mediators/metabolism
- Injections, Intravenous
- Interleukin-10/blood
- Interleukin-10/immunology
- Interleukin-10/metabolism
- Interleukin-10/physiology
- Interleukin-12/blood
- Interleukin-12/physiology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/metabolism
- Leukocytosis/genetics
- Leukocytosis/immunology
- Leukocytosis/pathology
- Lipopolysaccharides/administration & dosage
- Liver/immunology
- Liver/metabolism
- Liver/pathology
- Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1/genetics
- Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1/physiology
- Macrophages/drug effects
- Macrophages/immunology
- Macrophages/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Platelet Count
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/biosynthesis
- Shock, Septic/genetics
- Shock, Septic/immunology
- Shock, Septic/mortality
- Shock, Septic/pathology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/physiology
- Up-Regulation/genetics
- Up-Regulation/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Masashi Emoto
- Department of Immunology and. Central Core Facility Microscopy, Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany.
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Miyamoto M, Emoto M, Emoto Y, Brinkmann V, Yoshizawa I, Seiler P, Aichele P, Kita E, Kaufmann SHE. Neutrophilia in LFA-1-deficient mice confers resistance to listeriosis: possible contribution of granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor and IL-17. J Immunol 2003; 170:5228-34. [PMID: 12734371 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.170.10.5228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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LFA-1 (CD11a/CD18) plays a crucial role in various inflammatory responses. In this study, we show that LFA-1(-/-) mice are far more resistant to Listeria monocytogenes infection than LFA-1(+/-) mice. Consistent with this, we found the following: 1) the numbers of granulocytes infiltrating the liver were markedly higher in LFA-1(-/-) mice than in LFA-1(+/-) mice, 2) increased antilisterial resistance in LFA-1(-/-) mice was abrogated by depletion of granulocytes, and 3) the numbers of granulocytes in peripheral blood, and the serum levels of both G-CSF and IL-17 were higher in LFA-1(-/-) mice than in LFA-1(+/-) mice. Neither spontaneous apoptosis nor survival of granulocytes from LFA-1(-/-) mice were affected by physiological concentrations of G-CSF. Our data suggest regulatory effects of LFA-1 on G-CSF and IL-17 secretion, and as a corollary on neutrophilia. Consequently, we conclude that increased resistance of LFA-1(-/-) mice to listeriosis is due to neutrophilia facilitating liver infiltration by granulocytes promptly after L. monocytogenes infection, although it is LFA-1 independent.
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- Mamiko Miyamoto
- Department of Immunology, Max-Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany
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