Altered phenotype of blood dendritic cells in patients with acute pneumonia

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BACKGROUND: Dendritic cells (DCs) play a key role in the host defence against inhaled pathogens. However, the phenotype of blood DCs in patients with acute respiratory infections is unknown.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the number and the expression of function-associated molecules of blood DCs in patients with acute infectious pneumonia.

METHODS: Sixteen patients with acute pneumonia and 19 controls without pneumonia were included in the study. The number as well as the expression of function-associated molecules of myeloid DCs (mDCs) and plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) were analysed in peripheral blood using four-colour flow cytometry.

RESULTS: Elevated concentrations of procalcitonin (median: 0.55 ng/ml) and the rapid response to antibiotic treatment suggested a bacterial origin of the pneumonia in the patients. Total mDC (median: 27% of the controls) and pDC counts (median: 53% of the controls) were markedly reduced in patients with pneumonia, as compared to the controls. Percentages of blood mDCs, but not pDCs, were negatively correlated with serum concentrations of C-reactive protein. Patients with pneumonia were characterised by a significantly increased expression of Fc gamma receptors (CD32 and CD64) on mDCs and the Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) on pDCs.

CONCLUSIONS: Circulating DCs are markedly reduced in patients with pneumonia, and characterised by an up-regulation of molecules recognising pathogen-associated molecular patterns and opsonised antigens.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

Erschienen:

2012

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:83

Enthalten in:

Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases - 83(2012), 3 vom: 19., Seite 209-17

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dreschler, Katharina [VerfasserIn]
Bratke, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Petermann, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Thamm, Petra [VerfasserIn]
Kuepper, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Virchow, J Christian [VerfasserIn]
Lommatzsch, Marek [VerfasserIn]

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82115-62-6
Biomarkers
Interferon-gamma
Journal Article
Neopterin
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 14.06.2012

Date Revised 19.11.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1159/000328406

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM209206187