Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Neurology, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Department of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
J Neuroimmunol. 2020 Aug 15;345:577279. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2020.577279. Epub 2020 May 27.
A detailed understanding of the role of Tfh cells in MuSK-antibody positive myasthenia gravis (MuSK-MG) is lacking. We characterized phenotype and function of Tfh cells in MuSK-MG patients and controls. We found similar overall Tfh and follicular regulatory (Tfr) T cell frequencies in MuSK-MG and healthy controls, but MuSK-MG patients exhibited higher frequencies of Tfh17 cells and a higher ratio of Tfh:Tfr cells. These results suggest imbalanced Tfh cell regulation, further supported by increased frequencies of CD4 T cells co-producing IL-21/IL-17 and IL-17/IFN-γ, and increased Tfh-supported IgG production. These results support a role for Tfh cell dysregulation in MuSK-MG immunopathology.
对滤泡辅助性 T 细胞(Tfh)在抗缪勒管激素抗体阳性重症肌无力(MuSK-MG)中作用的详细了解还很缺乏。我们对 MuSK-MG 患者和对照者的 Tfh 细胞表型和功能进行了特征分析。我们发现 MuSK-MG 患者和健康对照者的总 Tfh 和滤泡调节性(Tfr)T 细胞频率相似,但 MuSK-MG 患者的 Tfh17 细胞频率更高,Tfh:Tfr 细胞比值更高。这些结果提示 Tfh 细胞调节失衡,进一步支持 CD4 T 细胞共同产生 IL-21/IL-17 和 IL-17/IFN-γ的频率增加,以及 Tfh 支持的 IgG 产生增加。这些结果支持 Tfh 细胞失调在 MuSK-MG 免疫发病机制中的作用。