Profoundly Expanded T-cell Clones in the Inflamed and Uninflamed Intestine of Patients With Crohn's Disease.
J Crohns Colitis
; 11(7): 831-839, 2017 Jul 01.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND AIM:
T cells are key players in the chronic intestinal inflammation that characterises Crohn's disease. Here we aim to map the intestinal T-cell receptor [TCR] repertoire in patients with Crohn's disease, using next-generation sequencing technology to examine the clonality of the T-cell compartment in relation to mucosal inflammation and response to therapy.METHODS:
Biopsies were taken from endoscopically inflamed and uninflamed ileum and colon of 19 patients with Crohn's disease. From this cohort, additional biopsies were taken after 8 weeks of remission induction therapy from eight responders and eight non-responders. Control biopsies from 11 patients without inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] were included. The TCRß repertoire was analysed by next-generation sequencing of biopsy RNA.RESULTS:
Both in Crohn's disease patients and in non-IBD controls, a broad intestinal T-cell repertoire was found, with a considerable part consisting of expanded clones. Clones in Crohn's disease were more expanded [p = 0.008], with the largest clones representing up to as much as 58% of the total repertoire. There was a substantial overlap of the repertoire between inflamed and uninflamed tissue and between ileum and colon. Following therapy, responders showed larger changes in the T-cell repertoire than non-responders, although a considerable part of the repertoire remained unchanged in both groups.CONCLUSIONS:
The intestinal T-cell repertoire distribution in Crohn's disease is different from that in the normal gut, containing profoundly expanded T-cell clones that take up a large part of the repertoire. The T-cell repertoire is fairly stable regardless of endoscopic mucosal inflammation or response to therapy.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Receptores de Antígenos de Linfocitos T
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Linfocitos T
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Enfermedad de Crohn
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
J Crohns Colitis
Asunto de la revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Año:
2017
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Article
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Países Bajos