神经发育障碍的综合免疫分析表明,基于增加的神经发生,Th-1极化或IL-1信号传递的三个不同的类别
Nikhitha Sreenivas1, Michael Maes2, Hansashree Padmanabha3
1Department of Human Genetics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
Brain, behavior, and immunity
|November 16, 2023
概括
神经发育障碍 (NDD) 具有共同的免疫系统异常,包括改变的互白素信号传递和巨细胞两极分化. 机器学习在NDD中确定了不同的免疫特征,表明了潜在的新药标.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
背景情况:
- 神经发育障碍 (NDDs) 涵盖了一系列具有重叠但独特特征的疾病.
- 免疫失调越来越被认为是NDD的重要因素.
- 不同NDD的特定共享免疫病原遗传机制在很大程度上仍未被探索.
研究的目的:
- 调查潜在的共同免疫病因,这三种早期发病的NDDs的潜在共同免疫病因:自闭症谱系障碍 (ASD),注意力缺陷多动性障碍 (ADHD) 和智力障碍障碍 (IDD).
- 分析免疫特征,并确定这些NDD之间的共享或独特的免疫特征.
主要方法:
- 从135名患有NDD的儿童 (每个有45名ASD,ADHD,IDD) 和35名典型发育儿童的血中测试了48个与免疫通路相关的标志物.
- 使用多重悬浮试验与Pro人类细胞因子48-plex套件.
- 应用机器学习算法来分析免疫标记水平并分类NDD子组.
主要成果:
- NDDs表现出一个耗尽的补偿性免疫调节系统 (CIRS),增加了互白素-1 (IL-1) 信号发送,提高了IL-4和CCL2水平,以及改变了巨细胞两极分化.
- 鉴定了对NDDs具有高灵敏度 (81.8%) 和特异性的免疫异常 (94.4%).
- 机器学习揭示了NDD群体内的三种不同的免疫群,其特点是增强的神经发生,Th-1极化或IL-1信号传递.
结论:
- ASD,ADHD和IDD共享显著的免疫异常,在特定的细胞因子 (IL-9,IL-17,CCL12) 中存在微小的差异.
- 在NDD中免疫失调会影响神经发生,神经毒性和整体神经发育.
- 基于独特的免疫特征的亚组分类为NDD治疗中提供了新的治疗点的潜力.
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