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Title: | CD4(+)CD28(null) T cells in autoimmune disease: Pathogenic features and decreased susceptibility to immunoregulation | Authors: | THEWISSEN, Marielle SOMERS, Veerle HELLINGS, Niels FRAUSSEN, Judith Damoiseaux, Jan STINISSEN, Piet |
Issue Date: | 2007 | Publisher: | AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS | Source: | JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY, 179(10). p. 6514-6523 | Abstract: | To determine the role of expanded CD4(+)CD28(null) T cells in multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis pathology, these cells were phenotypically characterized and their Ag reactivity was studied. FACS analysis confirmed that CD4(+)CD28(null) T cells are terminally differentiated effector memory cells. In addition, they express phenotypic markers that indicate their capacity to infiltrate into tissues and cause tissue damage. Whereas no reactivity to the candidate autoantigens myelin basic protein and collagen type 11 was observed within the CD4(+)CD28(null) T cell subset, CMV reactivity was prominent in four of four HC, four of four rheumatoid arthritis patients, and three of four multiple sclerosis patients. The level of the CMV-induced proliferative response was found to be related to the clonal diversity of the response. Interestingly, our results illustrate that CD4(+)CD28(null) T cells are not susceptible to the suppressive actions of CD4(+)CD25(+) regulatory T cells. In conclusion, this study provides several indications for a role of CD4(+)CD28(null) T cells in autoimmune pathology. CD4(+)CD28(null) T cells display pathogenic features, fill up immunological space, and are less susceptible to regulatory mechanisms. However, based on their low reactivity to the autoantigens tested in this study, CD4(+)CD28(null) T cells most likely do not play a direct autoaggressive role in autoimmune disease. | Notes: | Hasselt Univ, Biomed Onderzoeksinst, Diepenbeek, Belgium. Transnatl Univ Limburg, Sch Life Sci, Diepenbeek, Belgium. Univ Hosp Maastricht, Dept Clin & Expt Immunol, Maastricht, Netherlands.Stinissen, P, Hasselt Univ, Biomed Onderzoeksinst, Agoralaan,Bldg A, Diepenbeek, Belgium.piet.stinissen@uhasselt.be | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/7819 | Link to publication/dataset: | http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/content/abstract/179/10/6514 | ISSN: | 0022-1767 | e-ISSN: | 1550-6606 | ISI #: | 000250792700018 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2008 |
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