Increased prevalence of IL-17-producing peripheral blood lymphocytes in pre-eclampsia. Toldi, G., Rigó, J., Stenczer, B., Vásárhelyi, B., & Molvarec, A. American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989), 2011.
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Systemic inflammation is a dominant component in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia. Besides the imbalance of Th1 and Th2 cells, alterations of the prevalence of Th17 and regulatory T cells have also been suggested to contribute to inflammation. We aimed to describe the prevalence of these four CD4 lymphocyte subtypes in pre-eclampsia and normal pregnancy, along with that of IL-17-producing CD8 and NK cells. Twenty pre-eclamptic and 22 normal pregnant women were enrolled in this study. Using flow cytometry, we determined the prevalence of IL-17-producing cells among the CD4, CD8 and NK cell subsets. Furthermore, we measured the prevalence of CD4+ Tregs, and Th1/Th2 cells were characterized using cell surface chemokine receptor markers. We demonstrated that there is a shift not only in the Th1/Th2 but also in the Th17/Treg balance favouring skewness towards a pro-inflammatory status in pre-eclampsia. The proportion of CD8 and NK cells that express IL-17 was also higher in pre-eclampsia. The prevalence of IL-17-producing CD4, CD8 and NK cells is elevated in pre-eclampsia, indicating that both the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system are involved in the development of the exaggerated maternal systemic inflammation observed in this pregnancy-specific disorder. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S.
@article{toldi_increased_2011,
	title = {Increased prevalence of {IL}-17-producing peripheral blood lymphocytes in pre-eclampsia.},
	issn = {16000897},
	doi = {10.1111/j.1600-0897.2011.00987.x},
	abstract = {Systemic inflammation is a dominant component in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia. Besides the imbalance of Th1 and Th2 cells, alterations of the prevalence of Th17 and regulatory T cells have also been suggested to contribute to inflammation. We aimed to describe the prevalence of these four CD4 lymphocyte subtypes in pre-eclampsia and normal pregnancy, along with that of IL-17-producing CD8 and NK cells. Twenty pre-eclamptic and 22 normal pregnant women were enrolled in this study. Using flow cytometry, we determined the prevalence of IL-17-producing cells among the CD4, CD8 and NK cell subsets. Furthermore, we measured the prevalence of CD4+ Tregs, and Th1/Th2 cells were characterized using cell surface chemokine receptor markers. We demonstrated that there is a shift not only in the Th1/Th2 but also in the Th17/Treg balance favouring skewness towards a pro-inflammatory status in pre-eclampsia. The proportion of CD8 and NK cells that express IL-17 was also higher in pre-eclampsia. The prevalence of IL-17-producing CD4, CD8 and NK cells is elevated in pre-eclampsia, indicating that both the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system are involved in the development of the exaggerated maternal systemic inflammation observed in this pregnancy-specific disorder. © 2011 John Wiley \& Sons A/S.},
	journal = {American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989)},
	author = {Toldi, Gergely and Rigó, János and Stenczer, Balázs and Vásárhelyi, Barna and Molvarec, Attila},
	year = {2011},
	pmid = {21306467},
}

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