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Differences in systemic adaptive immunity contribute to the `frequent exacerbator' COPD phenotype

Geerdink, JX; Simons, SO; Pike, R; Stauss, HJ; Heijdra, YF; Hurst, JR; (2016) Differences in systemic adaptive immunity contribute to the `frequent exacerbator' COPD phenotype. Respiratory Research , 17 , Article 140. 10.1186/s12931-016-0456-y. Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Some COPD patients are more susceptible to exacerbations than others. Mechanisms underlying these differences in susceptibility are not well understood. We hypothesized that altered cell mediated immune responses may underlie a propensity to suffer from frequent exacerbations in COPD. METHODS: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were obtained from 24 stable COPD patients, eight frequent exacerbators (≥3 diary-card exacerbations/year) and 16 infrequent exacerbators (< 3 diary-card exacerbations/year). Detailed multi-parameter flow cytometry was used to study differences in innate and adaptive systemic immune function between frequent and infrequently exacerbating COPD patients. RESULTS: The 24 COPD patients had a mean (SD) age of 76.3 (9.4) years and FEV1 1.43 (0.60)L, 53.3 (18.3)% predicted. PBMCs of frequent exacerbators (FE) contained lower frequencies of CD4+ T central memory cells (CD4+ Tcm) compared to infrequent exacerbators (IE) (FE = 18.7 %; IE = 23.9 %; p = 0.035). This observation was also apparent in absolute numbers of CD4+ Tcm cells (FE = 0.17 × 10^6/mL; IE = 0.25 × 10^6/mL; p = 0.035). PBMCs of FE contained a lower frequency of CD8+ T effector memory cells expressing HLA-DR (Human Leukocyte Antigen - D Related) compared to IE COPD patients (FE = 22.7 %; IE = 31.5 %; p = 0.007). CONCLUSION: Differences in the adaptive systemic immune system might associate with exacerbation susceptibility in the ‘frequent exacerbator’ COPD phenotype. These differences include fewer CD4+ T central memory cells and CD8+ T effector memory cells.

Type: Article
Title: Differences in systemic adaptive immunity contribute to the `frequent exacerbator' COPD phenotype
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1186/s12931-016-0456-y
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-016-0456-y
Language: English
Additional information: © The Author(s). 2016. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
Keywords: Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Respiratory System, COPD, COPD exacerbation, Respiratory immunology, Flow cytometry, Adaptive immunity, OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY-DISEASE, EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS, T-CELL RESPONSES, INFECTION, PERSISTENCE, MEMORY, HETEROGENEITY, DYSFUNCTION, SEVERITY, SYMPTOMS
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Infection and Immunity
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Respiratory Medicine
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1527368
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