1. Circulating T Follicular Helper Cell Abnormalities Associated to Different Clinical Forms of Chronic Chagas Disease
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Luz P. Quebrada Palacio, Esteban R. Fernández, Yolanda Hernández-Vásquez, Patricia B. Petray, and Miriam Postan
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0301 basic medicine ,Microbiology (medical) ,CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes ,Receptors, CXCR5 ,T Follicular Helper Cells ,Trypanosoma cruzi ,030106 microbiology ,Immunology ,lcsh:QR1-502 ,T FOLLICULAR HELPER CELLS ,C-C chemokine receptor type 7 ,chemical and pharmacologic phenomena ,C-C chemokine receptor type 6 ,CXCR3 ,Microbiology ,lcsh:Microbiology ,CXCR5 ,CD19 ,Flow cytometry ,03 medical and health sciences ,purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3 [https] ,Immune system ,Cellular and Infection Microbiology ,immune system diseases ,Medicine ,Humans ,Chagas Disease ,HUMAN CHAGAS DISEASE ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,biology ,business.industry ,hemic and immune systems ,TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI ,T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer ,Brief Research Report ,Human Chagas disease ,030104 developmental biology ,Infectious Diseases ,CIRCULATING TFH SUBSETS ,biology.protein ,purl.org/becyt/ford/3 [https] ,circulating Tfh subsets ,Antibody ,business ,CCR6 - Abstract
Multiple perturbations of the immune response affecting a range of cells have been reported in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected individuals and associated to clinical manifestations of chronic Chagas disease. There is a paucity of knowledge about the role of T follicular helper (Tfh) cells in this infection. Here, we sought to characterize circulating Tfh (cTfh) cells in chronic Chagas disease patients and to identify potential associations with disease severity in humans. cTfh cells were characterized by flow cytometry in freshly isolated PBMCs from 7 T. cruzi-infected asymptomatic patients (ASYMP), 5 patients with chronic chagasic dilated cardiomyopathy (CCC) and 8 healthy controls, using antibodies against chemokine receptors CXCR5, CXCR3, CCR6, and CCR7. Our results showed significant expansion of CD4+CD45RO+CXCR5+CCR6+ cells in ASYMP and CCC patients, along with a contraction of CD4+CD45RO+CXCR5+CXCR3-CCR6- (cTfh2) cells. ASYMP patients further exhibited decreased CD4+CD45RO+CXCR5+CXCR3+CCR6- (cTfh1) cells and expanded CD4+CD45RO+CXCR5+CXCR3-CCR6+ (cTfh17) cells while CCC patients exhibited significantly increased frequencies of CD4+CD45RO+CXCR5+CCR7+ cells. Linear regression analysis revealed a positive trend of CD4+CD45RO+CXCR5+CXCR3+CCR6+ (cTfh1/17) cells and negative trends of cTfh1 and cTfh2 cells as disease was more severe. There was no correlation between the frequencies of cTfh cells and circulating CD19+IgD-IgG+ cells or serum levels of T. cruzi-specific IgG. These results demonstrate that the cTfh compartment of humans chronically infected with T. cruzi comprises expanded CCR6-expressing cells and reduced cTfh2 cells. The association of discrete phenotypic changes in cTfh subsets with different clinical forms suggests the potential contribution of T follicular helper cells to Chagas heart disease progression. Fil: Quebrada Palacio, Luz Piedad. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Dirección Nacional de Instituto de Investigación. Administración Nacional de Laboratorio e Instituto de Salud “Dr. C. G. Malbrán”. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología "Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben”; Argentina Fil: Fernández, Esteban Rodrigo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Dirección Nacional de Instituto de Investigación. Administración Nacional de Laboratorio e Instituto de Salud “Dr. C. G. Malbrán”. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología "Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben”; Argentina Fil: Hernandez Vasquez, Yolanda Maria. Dirección Nacional de Instituto de Investigación. Administración Nacional de Laboratorio e Instituto de Salud “Dr. C. G. Malbrán”. Instituto Nacional de Parasitología "Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben”; Argentina Fil: Petray, Patricia Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Medicina. Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica; Argentina Fil: Postan, Miriam. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Dirección Nacional de Instituto de Investigación. Administración Nacional de Laboratorio e Instituto de Salud "Dr. C. G. Malbrán". Instituto Nacional de Parasitología "Dr. Mario Fatala Chaben"; Argentina
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- 2019