1. Higher IL-8 Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigens in Women above 40 Years
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Amandine Mveang Nzoghe, Carene Anne Ndong Sima Sima, Priscillia Virginie Liesse Mbourou Mensah, Joel Fleury Djoba Siawaya, Guy-Stéphane Padzys, Anicet Christel Maloupazoa Siawaya, Marielle Leboueny, Joseph Privat Ondo, Paulin N. Essone, Brigitte Gicquel, Amel Kévin Alame-Emane, Ofilia Mvoundza Ndjindji, and Dimitri Ulrich Essamazokou
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Tuberculosis ,biology ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis ,Cytokine ,Immune system ,Immunology ,medicine ,Interferon gamma ,Tumor necrosis factor alpha ,Interleukin 8 ,business ,medicine.drug ,Hormone - Abstract
Objective: Circulating levels of sex hormones vary with age. Moreover, there is emerging evidence supporting that sex hormones have an influence on the immune response of women. Here, we investigated age-associated levels of sex hormones and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) specific cytokines response in women. Design: Using immunoassay methods, we have measured and compared secretion levels of E2, P4 and Mtb specific secretion of 11 cytokines including Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), Interferon gamma (IFN-γ), Interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β), IL-10, IL-12 (p70), IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-8, and Tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) in forty-two (42) HIV-negative females. Results: Estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P4) levels were significantly higher in younger women irrespective of their LTB status (p Mtb IL-8 specific response was significantly higher in women above 40 years old than in women under 40 years old. Conclusion: In premenopausal women, there is an increase in the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-8 secretion in response to Mtb-antigen. This observation suggests an underlying link between the pro-inflammatory cytokine and age associated hormonal changes, which may have implications on the course of tuberculosis infection women.
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- 2021