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- Title
Human Leukocyte Antigen-G and Regulatory T Cells during Specific Immunotherapy for Pollen Allergy.
- Authors
Sørensen, anja E.; Johnsen, Claus R.; Dalgaard, Louise T.; Würtzen, Peter adler; Kristensen, Bjarne; Larsen, Margit Hørup; Ullum, Henrik; Søes-Petersen, Ulrik; Hviid, Thomas Vauvert F.
- Abstract
Background: TH2-biased immune responses are important in allergy pathogenesis. Mechanisms of allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT) might include the induction of regulatory T cells (Tregs) and immunoglobulin (Ig) G4 blocking antibodies, a reduction in the number of effector cells, and skewing of the cytokine profile towards a TH1-polarized immune response. We investigated the effects of SIT on T cells, on immunomodulation of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G, which has been associated with allergy, on regulatory cytokine expression, and on serum allergen-specific antibody subclasses (IgE and IgG4). Methods: Eleven birch and/or grass pollen-allergic patients and 10 healthy nonatopic controls were studied before and during SIT. Tregs, chemokine receptors, soluble HLA-G (sHLA-G), Ig-like transcript (ILT) 2, specific IgE, and IgG4 were studied. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were stimulated with pollen extract in vitro and immune factors were evaluated. Results: During SIT, the main changes in the peripheral blood were an increase in CXCR3+CD4+CD25+CD127low/- Tregs and a decrease in CCR4+CD4+CD25+CD127low/- Tregs, an increase in allergen-specific IgG4, and a decrease in sHLA-G during the first half of the treatment period. In the PBMC in vitro experiments, the following changes were observed upon allergen-stimulation: an increase in CD4+CD25+CD127low/- Tregs and ILT2+CD4+CD25+CD127low/- Tregs, an increase in IL-10 and IL-2 levels, and an increase in sHLA-G that was most pronounced at the start of SIT. Conclusions: The changes in CXCR3+CD4+CD25+CD127low/- Treg, IgG4, and sHLA-G levels in the peripheral blood and in ILT2+ Treg, IL-10, IL-2, and sHLA-G levels upon in vitro allergen stimulation suggest an upregulation in immunomodulatory factors and, to some degree, a shift towards TH1 during SIT. Copyright © 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
LEUCOCYTES; ANTIGENS; IMMUNE response; T cells; IMMUNOTHERAPY; ALLERGIC rhinitis; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; CHEMOKINE receptors
- Publication
International Archives of Allergy & Immunology, 2013, Vol 162, Issue 3, p237
- ISSN
1018-2438
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000353281