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T-cell phenotypes in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps in Japanese patients

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Title
T-cell phenotypes in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps in Japanese patients
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Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, November 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13223-015-0100-2
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Shintaro Baba, Ryoji Kagoya, Kenji Kondo, Maho Suzukawa, Ken Ohta, Tatsuya Yamasoba

Abstract

Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps is characterized by local inflammation and is categorized into two subtypes in Japan: eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis, and non-eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis. The objective of this study was to investigate the expression of key transcription factors for Treg and Th1/Th2/Th17 cells, in relation to the mRNA expression of representative cytokines in these two subtypes of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps. The expression of forkhead box P3 (FOXP3), T-box transcription factor (T-bet), GATA3, retinoid acid-related orphan receptor C (RORc), the suppressive cytokines TGF-β1 and IL-10, and Th1/Th2/Th17 cytokines (IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, IL-17) were analyzed by means of RT-PCR in eosinophilic polyps. Eosinophilic polyps were defined as having an eosinophil count of more than 50 per microscopic field (×400 magnification) using five fields located in the subepithelial area of the polyps, while the non-eosinophilic polyps and controls did not fulfill this criteria. The numbers of T cells, CD4+ T cells, CD8+ T cells and Treg were histologically counted using sections that were immunostained for CD3, CD4, CD8, and FOXP3, respectively. In eosinophilic polyps, we observed significantly fewer CD4+ T cells and CD8+ T cells, and lower GATA3, RORc and IL-10 mRNA expression, but a significantly higher IL-5, and IL-13 mRNA expression compared with controls, whereas FOXP3 and T-bet mRNA expression were not significantly different compared with controls. In non-eosinophilic polyps, FOXP3, IL-10, IL-17A, TGFβ1 and IFNγ mRNA expression was significantly higher compared with controls, whereas IL-4, 5 and 13 expression was not significantly different from controls. We showed a reduction of GATA3 and RORc mRNA, low Treg-related cytokines and elevated Th2 cytokine levels in eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis, whereas we demonstrated the upregulation of Treg cells and increases of Th1 and Th17 cytokines in non-eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis in the Japanese population. The different mRNA expression profiles of Treg and Th1/Th2/Th17 signature transcription factors and cytokines between eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis and non-eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis suggests heterogeneity in the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 21%
Professor 4 14%
Student > Bachelor 3 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 7%
Other 5 17%
Unknown 7 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 15 52%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 10%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 3%
Neuroscience 1 3%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 8 28%
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#3,710,488
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#271
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