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Title: | Regulatory T-Cell Distribution within Lung Compartments in COPD |
Authors: | SALES, Davi S.; ITO, Juliana T.; ZANCHETTA, Ivy A.; ANNONI, Raquel; AUN, Marcelo V.; FERRAZ, Luiz Fernando S.; CERVILHA, Daniela A. B.; NEGRI, Elnara; MAUAD, Thais; MARTINS, Milton A.; LOPES, Fernanda D. T. Q. S. |
Citation: | COPD-JOURNAL OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, v.14, n.5, p.533-542, 2017 |
Abstract: | The importance of the adaptive immune response, specifically the role of regulatory T (Treg) cells in controlling the obstruction progression in smokers, has been highlighted. To quantify the adaptive immune cells in different lung compartments, we used lung tissues from 21 never-smokers without lung disease, 22 current and/or ex-smokers without lung disease (NOS) and 13 current and/or ex-smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for histological analysis. We observed increased T, B, IL-17 and BAFF(+) cells in small and large airways of COPD individuals; however, in the NOS, we only observed increase in T and IL-17(+) cells only in small airways. A decrease in the density of Treg(+), TGF-beta(+) and IL-10(+) in small and large airways was observed only in COPD individuals. In the lymphoid tissues, Treg, T,B-cells and BAFF(+) cells were also increased in COPD; however, changes in Treg inhibitory associated cytokineswere not observed in this compartment. Therefore, our results suggest that difference in Treg(+) cell distributions in lung compartments and the decrease in TGF-beta(+) and IL-10(+) cells in the airways may lead to the obstruction in smokers. |
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