Compromised immune status of patients with post-liver transplant biliary complications.
Compromised immune status of patients with post-liver transplant biliary complications.
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肝移植后胆道并发症患者免疫状态受损
DOI:
10.1097/cm9.0000000000001088
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发表时间:
2020-11-05
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Lyu Y
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作者:
Lei H;Tian M;Zhang XG;Meng LS;Zhu WH;Liu XM;Wang MZ;Wang T;Chang PK;Chen H;Wang B;Wu RQ;Lyu Y
Immunosuppression (IS) is indispensable for liver transplant (LTx) patients to control the unwanted alloimmune responses, which are mainly mediated by T cells. However, antigen-independent homeostasis of T cells is vital for sustaining long-lived T cell-mediated immunity, and excessive IS may increase the risk of opportunistic infections and malignancies. Therefore, IS therapy for LTx patients should be tailored to the immune status of the individual patient.[1] Biliary complications (BC), including biliary strictures with cholangitis, are the most common complications after LTx. However, the immunological characteristics especially T cell-mediated immunity of these patients are unknown yet.Human T cells are heterogeneous with different subsets and functions according to the expression of CD45RA and CD62L. The cells include naïve cells (Tn, CD45RA+ CD62L+), stem cell memory T cells (Tscm, CD45RA+CD 62L+CD95+), central-memory cells (Tcm, CD45RACD62L+), effector-memory cells (Tem, CD45RA-CD62L-), and terminally differentiated effector subsets (CD45RA+ CD62L-). Pathogens are controlled more efficiently by memory than by naïve T cells. Tscm are a specialized subset of memory T cells that differentiate directly from naïve precursors. Tscm reconstitute the full diversity of memory T cells upon antigen priming and maintain their own pool size through self-renewal.[2] However, the differentiation of human Tscm to Tcm or Tem, and their function in LTx patients are unclear.