Asthmatic farm children show increased CD3+CD8low T-cells compared to non-asthmatic farm children

Monika Twardziok, Paul C Schröder, Johanna Krusche, Vera I Casaca, Sabina Illi, Andreas Böck, Georg J Loss, Michael Kabesch, Antoaneta A Toncheva, Caroline Roduit, Martin Depner, Jon Genuneit, Harald Renz, Marjut Roponen, Juliane Weber, Charlotte Braun-Fahrländer, Josef Riedler, Roger P. Lauener, Dominique Angèle Vuitton, Jean-Charles DalphinJuha Pekkanen, Erika von Mutius, Bianca Schaub, Anne Hyvärinen, Anne M Karvonen, Pirkka V Kirjavainen, Sami Remes, Vincent Kaulek, Marie-Laure Dalphin, Markus Johannes Ege, Petra Ina Pfefferle, Gert Doekes, PASTURE Study Group:

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    Abstract

    Several studies report an important role of CD8+ cytotoxic T-cells in atopy. Farm children show protection against
    atopy development, partly explained by CD4+ T-cell subtypes. Additional effects of CD8+ T-cells are unknown
    being investigated in this study within the PASTURE/EFRAIM birth cohort in PBMCs from farming and non-farming
    6-year-old (N=76) German children. CD3+CD8+CD25+ T-cells were analyzed by flow cytometry. Genotyping of
    17q21 locus-SNPs associated with childhood asthma was performed. No differences in CD8+ T-cell subsets were
    seen between farmers and non-farmers regardless of asthma. Among farmchildren, asthmatics displayed increased
    CD3+CD8low(CD25+) T-cells compared to non-asthmatics. Asthmatic farm children exhibited a lower PI-induced
    stimulatory capacity of CD3+CD8low(CD25+) cells and a lower IFN-γ secretion than non-asthmatic farm children.
    Among farm children with GSDMB and ORMDL3 risk alleles, asthmatics displayed higher CD3+CD8low cells than
    non-asthmatics. Our data indicates a specific role of CD8low T-cells in asthmatic farm children.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)285-292
    Number of pages8
    JournalClinical Immunology
    Volume183
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Oct 2017

    Keywords

    • CD8=+
    • CD8low
    • Childhood
    • farm-exposure

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