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Presence of activated airway T lymphocytes in human puumala hantavirus disease.
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Chest [Chest] 2011 Sep; Vol. 140 (3), pp. 715-722. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Mar 24. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Background: Hantaviruses cause two clinical syndromes: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). The clinical spectrum in HFRS also often involves respiratory symptoms. As information about the pulmonary pathogenesis in HFRS is limited, we aimed to further study the local airway immune response in the lower airways.<br />Methods: Bronchoscopy was performed in 15 hospitalized patients with HFRS, with sampling of endobronchial mucosal biopsies and BAL fluid. Biopsies were stained for leukocytes, lymphocyte subsets, and vascular endothelial adhesion molecules. BAL fluid and blood lymphocyte subsets were determined using flow cytometry. Fourteen healthy volunteers acted as a control group.<br />Results: Compared with control subjects, endobronchial mucosal biopsies from patients with HFRS revealed increased numbers of CD8(+) T cells in both epithelium and submucosa (P ≤ .001), along with an increase in submucosal CD4(+) T cells (P = .001). In contrast, patients' submucosal neutrophil and eosinophil numbers were reduced (P < .001). The expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) was enhanced in patients with HFRS (P < .001). In patients with HFRS, analyses of T-cell subsets in BAL fluid showed higher proportions of CD3(+) and CD8(+) T cells (P = .011 and P = .025) and natural killer cells (P < .001), together with an increased expression of activation markers human leukocyte antigen-DR (HLA-DR) and CD25 on T cells (P < .001 and P < .001).<br />Conclusions: The present findings indicate a local immune response in terms of activated T lymphocytes in the lungs of patients with HFRS. The elevated expression of activation markers and VCAM-1 further implies the importance of cytotoxic lymphocytes in the pathogenesis of pulmonary involvement in HFRS.
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- Adult
Aged
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Bronchoscopy
Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
Female
Flow Cytometry
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome immunology
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Lymphocyte Activation immunology
Male
Middle Aged
Prospective Studies
T-Lymphocytes immunology
Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 immunology
Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome immunology
Lung immunology
Puumala virus
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1931-3543
- Volume :
- 140
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Chest
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21436245
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.10-2791