Type 1 immune response in progressive Multiple Sclerosis

  • Giovanni Frisullo
  • , Domenico Plantone
  • , Alessandro Marti
  • , Raffaele Iorio
  • , V Damato
  • , Alessandro Bianco
  • , Viviana Nociti
  • , Agata Katia Patanella
  • , Anna Paola Batocchi*
  • *Autore corrispondente per questo lavoro

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Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate the type-1 immune response by analyzing T-bet expression in circulating T and B cells in Primary Progressive (PP) and Secondary Progressive (SP) Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients. We found higher percentages of circulating CD4(+)T-bet(+) and CD8(+)T-bet(+) T cells in SPMS and PPMS than in remitting-relapsing MS patients and controls. Moreover, in SPMS, we observed a positive correlation between the percentages of circulating CD4(+)T-bet(+) or CD8(+)T-bet(+) T cells and disease severity. The increased percentages of Th1 and Tc1 cells suggest that MS progressive forms, unlike RRMS, are characterized by a permanent peripheral type-1 immune activation.
Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)1-5
Numero di pagine5
RivistaJournal of Neuroimmunology
Volume2012
Numero di pubblicazioneMaggio
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2012

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Immunologia e Allergia
  • Immunologia
  • Neurologia
  • Neurologia (clinica)

Keywords

  • multiple sclerosis

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