Asthmatic farm children show increased CD3(+) CD8(low) T-cells compared to non-asthmatic farm children

Twardziok, Monika; Schröder, Paul C.; Krusche, Johanna; Casaca, Vera I.; Illi, Sabina; Böck, Andreas; Loss, Georg J.; Kabesch, Michael; Toncheva, Antoaneta A.; Roduit, Caroline; Depner, Martin; Genuneit, Jon; Renz, Harald; Roponen, Marjut; Weber, Juliane; Braun-Fahrländer, Charlotte; Riedler, Josef; Lauener, Roger; Vuitton, Dominique Angele; Dalphin, Jean-Charles; Pekkanen, Juha; Mutius, Erika von; Schaub, Bianca; Hyvärinen, Anne; Karvonen, Anne M.; Kirjavainen, Pirkka V.; Remes, Sami; Kaulek, Vincent; Dalphin, Marie-Laure; Ege, Markus; Pfefferle, Petra I. und Doekes, Gert (2017): Asthmatic farm children show increased CD3(+) CD8(low) T-cells compared to non-asthmatic farm children. In: Clinical Immunology, Bd. 183: S. 285-292

Abstract

Several studies report an important role of CD8(+) cytotoxic T-cells in atopy. Farm children show protection against atopy development, partly explained by CD4(+) T-cell subtypes. Additional effects of CD8(+) T-cells are unknown being investigated in this study within the PASTURE/EFRAIM birth cohort in PBMCs from farming and non-farming 6-year-old (N = 76) German children. CD3(+) CD8(+) CD25(+) T-cells were analyzed by flow cytometry. Genotyping of 17q21 locus-SNPs associated with childhood asthma was performed. No differences in CD8(+) T-cell subsets were seen between farmers and non-farmers regardless of asthma. Among farm children, asthmatics displayed increased CD3(+) CD8(low)(CD25(+)) T-cells compared to non-asthmatics. Asthmatic farm children exhibited a lower PI-induced stimulatory capacity of CD3(+) CD8(low)(CD25(+)) cells and a lower IFN-gamma secretion than non-asthmatic farm children. Among farm children with GSDMB and ORMDL3 risk alleles, asthmatics displayed higher CD3(+) CD8(low) cells than non-asthmatics. Our data indicates a specific role of CD8(low) T-cells in asthmatic farm children.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 1521-6616
• Sprache: Englisch