Production of IL-10 and IL-12 in CD40 and interleukin 4-activated mononuclear cells from patients with Graves' disease.
Cytokine
; 12(6): 688-93, 2000 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
We investigated the effect of T cell-dependent B cell activation on the production of IL-10 and IL-12 by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) obtained from patients with Graves' disease vs Hashimoto's thyroiditis, type 1 diabetes or normal controls. Incubation of PBMCs, from each of the subject groups, with a combination of anti-CD40 monoclonal antibodies and interleukin 4 (IL-4)-activated B cells, as shown by an increased level of soluble CD23. There was also a notable increase in the number of CD23(+)cells in PBMCs from patients with Graves' disease as compared to the other subject groups. This combination of B cell stimulants increased production of IL-10 in PBMCs obtained from patients with Graves' disease relative to those patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, type 1 diabetes, or the control subjects. The production of IL-12 showed wide variation that depended on the basal IL-12 level. In subjects with a low basal IL-12 level there was a positive correlation between the production of IL-12 and that of IL-10 from PBMCs stimulated with anti-CD40 antibodies plus IL-4. On the contrary, in the patients with a high basal IL-12 level, no change or a decrease of IL-12 production was observed after the stimulation. Thus, T cell-dependent B cell activation via a CD40 pathway triggers the overproduction of IL-10 and overcome the effect of IL-12 to shift the Th(1)/Th(2)balance to Th(2)dominance in patients with Graves' disease but not in Hashimoto's thyroiditis or type 1 diabetes.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Linfócitos B
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Ativação Linfocitária
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Doença de Graves
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Interleucina-4
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Interleucina-10
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Interleucina-12
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Antígenos CD40
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cytokine
Assunto da revista:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão