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Expression of costimulatory molecule CD80 on peripheral blood T cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
1Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.
Objective:
To investigate the expression of costimulatory molecule CD80 on T cells of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
Methods:
Monoclonal antibodies against CD80 were used for flow cytometry and expression of CD80 on PBMC was studied in 26 patients with SLE, 18 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 8 patients with mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD), and 22 healthy controls.
Results:
CD80 was detected on CD3+ and CD19+ cells in patients with SLE and it was significantly higher than that of controls. In patients with SLE CD80 was expressed on CD4+ T cells (8.05+/-5.45%), significantly higher than in RA and controls, but was not highly expressed on CD8+ T cells (1.67+/-2.87%). CD80+CD4+ T cell phenotype analysis revealed CD45RA-, CD45RO+, and CD25+, or HLA-DR+ activated T cells. The percentage of CD80+ cells in CD4+ cells increased in the active stage of SLE, and was significantly correlated with the SLE disease activity index.
Conclusion:
CD80 can be expressed on activated CD4+ T cells in PBMC of patients with SLE in vivo and the appearance of these cells is associated with the disease activity in SLE.
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