摘要
AlthoughithasbeenknownthatγδTcellsmayplayanimportantroleintheimmuneresponsetoinfectionofMycobacteriumtuberculosis(M.tb),themechanismsbywhichtheγδTcellsparticipateintheinnateand/oracquiredimmunitytotuberculosis(TB)havenotbeenfullelucidated.Inthepresentstudy,27patientswithactivepulmonaryTBand16healthydonors(HD)wereperformed.WefoundthatproportionofIL-17-producingcellsamonglymphocytewassimilarbetweenTBpatientsandHD,whereastheproportionsofγδTcellsinIL-17-producingcells(59.2%)andIL-17-producingcellsinγδTcells(19.4%)inperipheralbloodweremarkedlyincreasedinTBpatientswhencomparedtothoseinHD(43.9%and7.7%,respectively).Inaddition,theproportionsofIFN-γ-producingγδTcellsinTBpatientswereobviouslylowerthanthatinHD.Uponre-stimulatedwithM.tbheat-treatedantigen(M.tb-HAg)invitro,fewerIL-17-producingγδTcellsweregeneratedfromHDandTBpatients,whereasIFN-γ-producingγδTcellswereincreasedinTBpatientscomparedtothatinHD.OurfindingsinTBpatientsandhealthyhumanwereconsistentwithothermurineinvestigationthattheIL-17-producingγδTcellsweremainsourceofIL-17inmousemodelofBCGinfection,suggestingthatγδTcellsmightbeinvolvedintheformationoftuberculargranulomainpulmonaryTBpatients,butneedfurtheridentification.
出版日期
2008年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)