Avaliação da resposta imune específica de células TCD8+ e citocinas na tuberculose humana
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2015-02-13
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Universidade Federal de Goiás
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Millions of people die every year due to tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease that have effective treatment, can be prevented and is curable. One of the greatest problems faced by this disease is the latent infection (LTBI), where individuals do not manifest clinical symptoms, is a reservoir of the causing agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and can reactive the disease at any time during their life span. Moreover, TB can affect any organ in the body, such as the skin, causing extrapulmonary TB, a rare form of TB, the TB skin. Some of these forms may be more severe than pulmonary TB, causing serious consequences to the patient, contributing to the high mortality rate of this disease. In this context, understanding the immunological events related to the interaction between pathogen and host the development of active disease or latent infection is a crucial point that can contribute to the control of TB. Thus, the objectives of this study were to evaluate the specific immune response of CD8+ T cells and cytokines in cutaneous tuberculosis, latent and active pulmonary TB. Thirty six patients with pulmonary TB, one patient with cutaneous TB and 36 healthy controls, classified as LTBI (N = 13) or negative (TST-, N = 23) by the tuberculin skin test were recruited and the peripheral blood mononuclear cells, plasma and sera from those individuals were collected to perform flow cytometry, ELISA and multiplex bead array analysis. It was observed that patients with active pulmonary TB presented TCD8+ cells with a regulatory profile, expressing IL-10 and TGF-β in a direct relation to the bacillary load. The same profile was observed in the individual with cutaneous TB, an extra-pulmonary form of TB. The findings observed in this studyco nclude that Mtb can modulate CD8+ T cell response in lung and skin tuberculosis, demonstrating the importance of studies assessing the immune interaction between the pathogen and the host.
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SILVA, Bruna Daniella de Souza. Avaliação da resposta imune específica de células TCD8+ e citocinas na tuberculose humana. 2015. 110 f. Tese (Mestrado em Medicina Tropical e Saúde Pública) - Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, 2015.