Changes of the T cell composition in the thymus during the COVID-19 pandemic
INTRODUCTION: In our study, we aimed to investigate whether the COVID-19 infection itself or the vaccination against it affect the differentiation of T cells in the thymus, and whether the reduction in T cell counts observed in the blood of COVID-19-infected individuals is also observed at the tissue level in the thymus.
METHOD: Data from a total of 55 thymectomy patients were processed to create three groups: 1) the pre-COVID-19 (PC) group included 22 patients, 12 women and 10 men, who underwent thymectomy between 2008 and 2013; 2) in the no-COVID-19 (NC) group (patients without verified infection or vaccination), 20 patients, 11 women and 9 men, underwent thymectomy in 2020-2021; 3) the vaccinated or infected COVID-19 (VIC) group included 13 patients, 4 women and 9 men, who underwent thymectomy also in 2020-2021. The pathological samples were immunohistochemically tested for CD4, CD8, CD25 and FOXP3 to verify the helper, cytotoxic and regulatory T cells.
RESULTS: The VIC group had significantly lower values for CD4, compared to the PC and NC groups. The FOXP3 value was significantly lower in the VIC and NC groups compared to the PC group. No significant differences were found for CD8 and CD25 between the groups studied.
DISCUSSION: The COVID-19 infection or vaccination affects the T cell composition of the thymus. Decreased expression of CD4 has been demonstrated in the VIC group, which confirms a decrease in the T cell counts that also occurs in the thymus. The low FOXP3 levels observed in the NC group during the COVID-19 era, compared to the PC group, may be indicative of a high rate of asymptomatic coronavirus infections and a worsening of immunetolerance.
CONCLUSION: First in the world, we have verified that the helper T cell composition of the thymus in COVID-19 infection era is reduced, and in the asymptomatic patients the immune function is decreased as well. Orv Hetil. 2022; 163(52): 2062-2066.
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:163 |
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Orvosi hetilap - 163(2022), 52 vom: 25. Dez., Seite 2062-2066 |
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A csecsemőmirigy T-sejtjeinek összetételében létrejövő változások a COVID–19-pandémia alatt |
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Lantos, Judit [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 19.01.2023 Date Revised 19.01.2023 published: Electronic-Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
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| 520 | |a METHOD: Data from a total of 55 thymectomy patients were processed to create three groups: 1) the pre-COVID-19 (PC) group included 22 patients, 12 women and 10 men, who underwent thymectomy between 2008 and 2013; 2) in the no-COVID-19 (NC) group (patients without verified infection or vaccination), 20 patients, 11 women and 9 men, underwent thymectomy in 2020-2021; 3) the vaccinated or infected COVID-19 (VIC) group included 13 patients, 4 women and 9 men, who underwent thymectomy also in 2020-2021. The pathological samples were immunohistochemically tested for CD4, CD8, CD25 and FOXP3 to verify the helper, cytotoxic and regulatory T cells | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: The VIC group had significantly lower values for CD4, compared to the PC and NC groups. The FOXP3 value was significantly lower in the VIC and NC groups compared to the PC group. No significant differences were found for CD8 and CD25 between the groups studied | ||
| 520 | |a DISCUSSION: The COVID-19 infection or vaccination affects the T cell composition of the thymus. Decreased expression of CD4 has been demonstrated in the VIC group, which confirms a decrease in the T cell counts that also occurs in the thymus. The low FOXP3 levels observed in the NC group during the COVID-19 era, compared to the PC group, may be indicative of a high rate of asymptomatic coronavirus infections and a worsening of immunetolerance | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSION: First in the world, we have verified that the helper T cell composition of the thymus in COVID-19 infection era is reduced, and in the asymptomatic patients the immune function is decreased as well. Orv Hetil. 2022; 163(52): 2062-2066 | ||
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