Decreased circulating CD28-negative T cells in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with abatacept are correlated with clinical response

OBJECTIVE: To verify the hypothesis that blockade of CD28 costimulation by treatment with abatacept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) might induce a reduction in the number of CD28- T cells, as well as other effector T cell populations. We evaluated whether these variations correlate with clinical response.

METHODS: Peripheral blood T cell subsets were longitudinally evaluated by flow cytometry through the analysis of CD28, CD45RA, and CCR7 expression in 16 patients with RA who were treated with abatacept.

RESULTS: After 48 weeks of treatment, the proportion and the absolute number of circulating CD8+CD28- T cells decreased (p = 0.008, p = 0.055, respectively, compared with baseline), as well as the proportion of the CD8+CD45RA+CCR7- cells, thought to represent terminally differentiated effector T cells (p = 0.03). Reductions of percentages of circulating CD4+CD28- and CD8+CD28- T cells, and (CCR7-) CD8+ total effector T cells were directly correlated with the reduction of Disease Activity Score 28 C-reactive protein (r = 0.58, p = 0.014; r = 0.47, p = 0.059; r = 0.59, p = 0.012, respectively).

CONCLUSION: After therapy with abatacept, circulating CD28- T cells and other effector populations decrease in patients with RA. This decrease is correlated with clinical response.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:37

Enthalten in:

The Journal of rheumatology - 37(2010), 5 vom: 15. Mai, Seite 911-6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Scarsi, Mirko [VerfasserIn]
Ziglioli, Tamara [VerfasserIn]
Airò, Paolo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7D0YB67S97
9007-41-4
Abatacept
Antirheumatic Agents
C-Reactive Protein
CD28 Antigens
Immunoconjugates
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 26.07.2010

Date Revised 16.11.2017

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3899/jrheum.091176

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM195810767