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Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines by CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells in Response to Mycobacterial Antigens among Children and Adults with Tuberculosis.
| العنوان: | Production of Proinflammatory Cytokines by CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells in Response to Mycobacterial Antigens among Children and Adults with Tuberculosis. |
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| المؤلفون: | Morrow, Erin, Liu, Qijia, Kiguli, Sarah, Swarbrick, Gwendolyn, Nsereko, Mary, Null, Megan D., Cansler, Meghan, Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet, Boom, W. Henry, Chheng, Phalkun, Nyendak, Melissa R., Lewinsohn, David M., Lewinsohn, Deborah A., Lancioni, Christina L. |
| المصدر: | Pathogens; Nov2023, Vol. 12 Issue 11, p1353, 14p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | CD8 antigen, T cells, ANTIGENS, CD4 antigen, MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis, TUBERCULOSIS, TUBERCULOSIS in cattle |
| مستخلص: | Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains a leading cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality. Young children are at high risk of TB following Mtb exposure, and this vulnerability is secondary to insufficient host immunity during early life. Our primary objective was to compare CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell production of proinflammatory cytokines IFN-gamma, IL-2, and TNF-alpha in response to six mycobacterial antigens and superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) between Ugandan adults with confirmed TB (n = 41) and young Ugandan children with confirmed (n = 12) and unconfirmed TB (n = 41), as well as non-TB lower respiratory tract infection (n = 39). Flow cytometry was utilized to identify and quantify CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell cytokine production in response to each mycobacterial antigen and SEB. We found that the frequency of CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell production of cytokines in response to SEB was reduced in all pediatric cohorts when compared to adults. However, T-cell responses to Mtb-specific antigens ESAT6 and CFP10 were equivalent between children and adults with confirmed TB. In contrast, cytokine production in response to ESAT6 and CFP10 was limited in children with unconfirmed TB and absent in children with non-TB lower respiratory tract infection. Of the five additional mycobacterial antigens tested, PE3 and PPE15 were broadly recognized regardless of TB disease classification and age. Children with confirmed TB exhibited robust proinflammatory CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses to Mtb-specific antigens prior to the initiation of TB treatment. Our findings suggest that adaptive proinflammatory immune responses to Mtb, characterized by T-cell production of IFN-gamma, IL-2, and TNF-alpha, are not impaired during early life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: | Complementary Index |
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