Susceptibility to pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex may reflect low IL-17 and high IL-10 responses rather than Th1 deficiency

It remains unclear why some individuals and not others are susceptible to non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTMLD). To determine whether NTMLD is associated with defects or biases in Th1/Th2/Th17 immunity, blood leukocytes from NTM patients with nodular bronchiectasis, their adult offsprin...

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Main Authors: Lim, A., Allison, C., Price, Patricia, Waterer, G.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Academic Press 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15281
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Allison, C.
Price, Patricia
Waterer, G.
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Waterer, G.
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description It remains unclear why some individuals and not others are susceptible to non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTMLD). To determine whether NTMLD is associated with defects or biases in Th1/Th2/Th17 immunity, blood leukocytes from NTM patients with nodular bronchiectasis, their adult offspring, and healthy population controls were stimulated with staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB), tuberculin and sensitin to measure cytokine production. In response to SEB, NTM patients exhibited higher frequencies of IFN?-producing CD4 + T cells than population controls (P<0.001). In supernatant, levels of IL-17 were lower in patients than adult offspring. Sensitin elicited higher IFN? responses from patients than controls (P<0.05). Patients also produced more IL-10 in supernatant than controls after culture with tuberculin (P<0.01) or sensitin (P<0.05), but IL-10-producing CD4 + T cells were undetectable. NTMLD is not associated with deficient IFN? production, but may be associated with reduced Th17 immunity and/or a predisposition towards IL-10 production from non-CD4 + T cells. © 2010 Elsevier Inc.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-152812017-09-13T13:40:19Z Susceptibility to pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex may reflect low IL-17 and high IL-10 responses rather than Th1 deficiency Lim, A. Allison, C. Price, Patricia Waterer, G. It remains unclear why some individuals and not others are susceptible to non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTMLD). To determine whether NTMLD is associated with defects or biases in Th1/Th2/Th17 immunity, blood leukocytes from NTM patients with nodular bronchiectasis, their adult offspring, and healthy population controls were stimulated with staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB), tuberculin and sensitin to measure cytokine production. In response to SEB, NTM patients exhibited higher frequencies of IFN?-producing CD4 + T cells than population controls (P<0.001). In supernatant, levels of IL-17 were lower in patients than adult offspring. Sensitin elicited higher IFN? responses from patients than controls (P<0.05). Patients also produced more IL-10 in supernatant than controls after culture with tuberculin (P<0.01) or sensitin (P<0.05), but IL-10-producing CD4 + T cells were undetectable. NTMLD is not associated with deficient IFN? production, but may be associated with reduced Th17 immunity and/or a predisposition towards IL-10 production from non-CD4 + T cells. © 2010 Elsevier Inc. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15281 10.1016/j.clim.2010.07.011 Academic Press restricted
spellingShingle Lim, A.
Allison, C.
Price, Patricia
Waterer, G.
Susceptibility to pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex may reflect low IL-17 and high IL-10 responses rather than Th1 deficiency
title Susceptibility to pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex may reflect low IL-17 and high IL-10 responses rather than Th1 deficiency
title_full Susceptibility to pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex may reflect low IL-17 and high IL-10 responses rather than Th1 deficiency
title_fullStr Susceptibility to pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex may reflect low IL-17 and high IL-10 responses rather than Th1 deficiency
title_full_unstemmed Susceptibility to pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex may reflect low IL-17 and high IL-10 responses rather than Th1 deficiency
title_short Susceptibility to pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex may reflect low IL-17 and high IL-10 responses rather than Th1 deficiency
title_sort susceptibility to pulmonary disease due to mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex may reflect low il-17 and high il-10 responses rather than th1 deficiency
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15281