Title
Distribution of monocytes subpopulations in the peripheral blood from patients with Behçet's disease - Impact of disease status and colchicine use
Date Issued
01 October 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Gazzito Del Padre T.C.
Belem J.M.F.M.
de Aguiar M.F.
Torquato H.F.V.
Abdulahad W.H.
Brouwer E.
de Souza A.W.S.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Publisher(s)
Academic Press Inc.
Abstract
The innate immune response has a predominant role in Behçet's disease (BD) pathogenesis, but few studies have assessed monocytes in BD. This study aims to evaluate the profile of monocytes subsets in the peripheral blood of BD patients and healthy controls (HC). Monocytes subsets were identified as classical (CD14+CD16−), intermediate (CD14+CD16dim), and non-classical (CD14dimCD16high) subsets. Patients with BD presented a lower number of total monocytes (p = 0.020) and a lower number (p < 0.0001) of circulating classical monocytes than HC. In contrast, the number of intermediate monocytes was higher in BD patients than HC (p < 0.0001). In BD patients, no associations were observed with the severity of clinical manifestations or therapy. Colchicine was associated with a higher number of non-classical monocytes (p = 0.035). In conclusion, BD patients present an altered distribution of monocytes subsets with a reduction of classical and an increase of intermediate subsets.
Volume
231
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedad vascular periférica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85115029561
PubMed ID
Source
Clinical Immunology
ISSN of the container
15216616
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