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IL-16 in the airways of lung allograft recipients with acute rejection or obliterative bronchiolitis
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- Laan, Martti, 1971 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för invärtesmedicin, Avdelningen för lungmedicin och allergologi,Institute of Internal Medicine, Dept of Respiratory Medicine/Allergology
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- Lindén, Anders, 1961 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för invärtesmedicin, Avdelningen för lungmedicin och allergologi,Institute of Internal Medicine, Dept of Respiratory Medicine/Allergology
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- Riise, Gerdt C., 1956 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för invärtesmedicin, Avdelningen för lungmedicin och allergologi,Institute of Internal Medicine, Dept of Respiratory Medicine/Allergology
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- 2003
- 2003
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Clin Exp Immunol. - 0009-9104. ; 133:2, s. 290-6
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Abstract
Ämnesord
Stäng
- Acute rejection (AR) is the principal risk factor for obliterative bronchiolitis (OB), the major complication of lung transplantation. It is known that activated CD4+ T lymphocytes are involved in the development of AR and that interleukin (IL)-16 can inhibit the activity of CD4+ T lymphocytes. In this study, we evaluated whether the concentration of IL-16 in the airways is altered in AR or OB and, if so, how this IL-16 concentration relates to the number or activity of airway lymphocytes. The concentration of IL-16 protein was measured in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid at three time-points in lung allograft recipients with either AR or OB and in matched controls using ELISA. The concentration of soluble IL-2 receptor (R) protein was measured in BAL fluid using ELISA as well, as an indicator of lymphocyte activity. The percentage of airway lymphocytes was evaluated by performing BAL differential cell counts. Lung allograft recipients with AR displayed lower IL-16 concentrations compared with matched control patients and this IL-16 concentration correlated negatively with the sIL-2R concentration, but it did not correlate with the percentage of lymphocytes in BAL fluid. In contrast, in BAL fluid from lung allograft recipients with OB, the IL-16 concentration was not altered compared with matched control patients and it did not correlate with the percentage of lymphocytes or with the sIL-2R concentration. These data are compatible with an increase in IL-16 playing a protective role against AR but not against OB and, hypothetically, this type of protective effect could be exerted via a down-regulation of the activity of T lymphocytes.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Lungmedicin och allergi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Respiratory Medicine and Allergy (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Acute Disease
- Adult
- Bronchiolitis Obliterans/*immunology
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/immunology
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Graft Rejection/*immunology
- Humans
- Interleukin-16/*metabolism
- Interleukin-2/metabolism
- Leukocyte Count
- *Lung Transplantation
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Postoperative Complications/*immunology
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
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