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- Title
Primary and secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis have different patterns of T-cell activation, differentiation and repertoire.
- Authors
Ammann, Sandra; Lehmberg, Kai; zur Stadt, Udo; Janka, Gritta; Rensing‐Ehl, Anne; Klemann, Christian; Heeg, Maximilian; Bode, Sebastian; Fuchs, Ilka; Ehl, Stephan
- Abstract
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening inflammatory syndrome characterized by hyperactivation of lymphocytes and histiocytes. T cells play a key role in HLH pathogenesis, but their differentiation pattern is not well characterized in patients with active HLH. We compared T-cell activation patterns between patients with familial HLH (1°HLH), 2°HLH without apparent infectious trigger (2°HLH) and 2°HLH induced by a viral infection (2°V-HLH). Polyclonal CD8+ T cells are highly activated in 1°HLH and 2°V-HLH, but less in 2°HLH as assessed by HLA-DR expression and marker combination with CD45RA, CCR7, CD127, PD-1 and CD57. Absence of increased HLA-DR expression on T cells excluded active 1° HLH with high sensitivity and specificity. A high proportion of polyclonal CD127−CD4+ T cells expressing HLA-DR, CD57, and perforin is a signature of infants with 1°HLH, much less prominent in virus-associated 2°HLH. The similar pattern and extent of CD8+ T-cell activation compared to 2° V-HLH is compatible with a viral trigger of 1°HLH. However, in most 1°HLH patients no triggering infection was documented and the unique activation of cytotoxic CD4+ T cells indicates that the overall T-cell response in 1°HLH is different. This may reflect different pathways of pathogenesis of these two HLH variants.
- Publication
European Journal of Immunology, 2017, Vol 47, Issue 2, p364
- ISSN
0014-2980
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/eji.201646686