Low-Dose IL-2 Treatment Affords Protection against Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Injury by Expanding Peripheral Regulatory T Cells.
ACS Chem Neurosci
; 12(3): 430-440, 2021 02 03.
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Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is considered a devastating disease, leaving survivors with lifelong neurological impairment. With increased knowledge that regulatory T cells (Tregs) provide protection against stroke, novel agents which could expand Treg populations have been assessed in terms of the potential clinical neuroprotection effect. Using a rat SAH model, we investigated the number variation of Tregs induced by SAH and the protective effect of low-dose interleukin-2 (IL-2) treatment on the SAH model. We observed that the number of peripheral Tregs significantly decreased soon after SAH, accompanying with reactivity recovery after 3 days. Our results also revealed that low-dose IL-2 treatment not only elevated Tregs numbers but significantly reduced neuronal injury and improved neurological functions up to 21 days (d) after SAH. Furthermore, compared with PBS-treatment group, cerebral proinflammatory factors and peripheral neutrophils were significantly suppressed by low-dose IL-2 after SAH. Therefore, the results suggest that low-dose IL-2 treatment is a novel and clinically feasible immunotherapy to improve long-term outcomes after SAH, perhaps via up-regulating Treg population to suppress neuroinflammation induced by SAH.
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Hemorragia Subaracnóidea
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Interleucina-2
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Linfócitos T Reguladores
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Fármacos Neuroprotetores
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Acidente Vascular Cerebral
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2021
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