Expansion of CD4+CD8+ double-positive T cells in rheumatoid arthritis patients is associated with erosive disease

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OBJECTIVES: CD4+CD8+ double-positive (DP) T cells are expanded in the peripheral blood of a subset of patients with RA. This study examines the clinical significance of DP T cells in RA.

METHODS: In 70 RA patients, DP T cells were measured by flow cytometry. Clinical data were obtained, and hand and feet radiographs were scored according to the Sharp/van der Heijde (SvdH) method. The association between DP T cell frequency and erosive joint destruction was analysed by correlation and multiple logistic regression analysis.

RESULTS: Nineteen RA patients (27.1%) displayed increased DP T cell frequencies, which correlated with age (r = 0.288, P =0.016). Expansion of DP T cells was associated with the occurrence of erosions (94,7% vs 43,1%, P <0.001), with a higher SvdH joint damage score (24.5 vs 6, P =0.008) and with more frequent use of biologic or targeted-synthetic DMARDs (68.4% vs 38%, P =0.02). In patients with non-erosive disease, DP T cell frequencies correlated with the joint space narrowing score (n = 28, r = 0.44, P =0.02). Logistic regression revealed DP T cells to be associated with erosive disease (OR 1.90, P <0.05).

CONCLUSION: Expansion of DP T cells is associated with joint damage and frequent escalation of therapy, possibly suggesting a contribution to more severe RA.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 61(2022), 3 vom: 02. März, Seite 1282-1287

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nguyen, Phuong [VerfasserIn]
Melzer, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Beck, Felix [VerfasserIn]
Krasselt, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Seifert, Olga [VerfasserIn]
Pierer, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Rothe, Kathrin [VerfasserIn]
Wagner, Ulf [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Erosion
Flow cytometry
Journal Article
Radiographic progression
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rheumatoid arthritis
T-cell subsets

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Date Completed 14.03.2022

Date Revised 14.03.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/rheumatology/keab551

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328062545