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Isolation and Th17 Differentiation of Naïve CD4 T Lymphocytes
Published on: September 26, 2013
Factors of Th17 and Treg Lymphocyte Differentiation in Pulmonary Tuberculosis
T E Kononova1, O I Urazova, V V Novitskii
1Department of Pathophysiology, Siberian State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Tomsk, Russia, kononova.te@gmail.com.
In patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis, the increase in IL-6 secretion, the decrease in TGFβ production (in case of drug resistance of the causative agent), and unchanged level of IL-1β secretion by mononuclear leukocytes in vitro were associated with increased number of CD4(+)CD161(+)IL-17A(+) Th17 lymphocytes in the peripheral blood. In patients with disseminated drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis, TGFβ hyperproduction promoted differentiation of CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3(+) Treg lymphocytes with immunosuppressive activity.
In patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis, the increase in IL-6 secretion, the decrease in TGFβ production (in case of drug resistance of the causative agent), and unchanged level of IL-1β secretion by mononuclear leukocytes in vitro were associated with increased number of CD4(+)CD161(+)IL-17A(+) Th17 lymphocytes in the peripheral blood. In patients with disseminated drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis, TGFβ hyperproduction promoted differentiation of CD4(+)CD25(+)FoxP3(+) Treg lymphocytes with immunosuppressive activity.
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