Blood and CSF findings of cellular immunity in anti-NMDAR encephalitis

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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the immunopathogenic mechanisms of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis (NMDAR-E) by characterizing the changes of immune cells in both peripheral blood (PB) and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with NMDAR-E.

METHODS: Cytology and flow cytometry were used to explore and compare different immunological parameters in PB and CSF of patients with NMDAR-E, viral encephalitis (VE) and healthy volunteers. Moreover, different models were established to assess the possibility of identifying NMDAR-E patients based on PB and CSF parameters.

RESULTS: The neutrophil counts and monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratios (MLR) in PB are higher in NMDAR-E patients than in both VEs and controls (P < 0.001, respectively), while the percentages of CD3 + T, CD4 + T lymphocytes, and the leukocytes count in CSF were lower in NMDAR-Es than in VEs (P < 0.01, respectively). The higher percentages of CD8 + T cells in blood and CSF were both correlated with more severe NMDAR-E (P < 0.05, respectively). The poor neurological status group had significantly higher PB leukocytes but lower CSF leukocyte count (P < 0.05). Longitudinal observations in patients with NMDAR-E showed a decreasing trend of leukocyte count, neutrophils count, neutrophil-to-monocyte ratios (NMR), and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratios (NLR) with the gradual recovery of neurological function.

CONCLUSIONS: The expression patterns of T lymphocyte subsets were different in patients with NMDAR-E and viral encephalitis. The changing trends of leukocyte and lymphocyte populations in peripheral blood and cerebrospinal fluid may provide clues for the diagnosis of different types of encephalitides, including NMDARE, and can be used as immunological markers to assess and predict the prognosis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:130

Enthalten in:

International immunopharmacology - 130(2024) vom: 30. März, Seite 111743

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Jierui [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Limei [VerfasserIn]
Meng, Zirui [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Yan [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Meng [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Zhuochun [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Niu, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Dong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Minjin [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jinmei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
Flow cytometer
Immune cell analysis
Journal Article
Viral encephalitis

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.intimp.2024.111743

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369206762