Differences in serum cytokine levels in acute and chronic autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura: Relationship to platelet phenotype and antiplatelet T-cell reactivity
Differences in serum cytokine levels in acute and chronic autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura: Relationship to platelet phenotype and antiplatelet T-cell reactivity
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DOI:
10.1182/blood.v87.10.4245.bloodjournal87104245
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发表时间:
1996-05-15
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20.3
通讯作者:
Freedman, J
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作者:
Semple, JW;Milev, Y;Freedman, J
Patients with both acute and chronic autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP) have in vitro lymphocyte defects in the form of platelet-stimulated proliferation and cytokine secretion. A blinded study was performed to determine if these defects are related to serum cytokine levels and/or platelet antigen expression. Compared with controls, 53% of children with chronic AITP, but only 9% of those with acute AITP, had increased serum interleukin-2 (IL-2), interferon-gamma, and/or IL-10; however, none of the patients had detectible serum levels of IL-4 or IL-6, cytokine patterns suggesting an early CD4(+) Th0 and Th1 cell activation. In children with chronic AITP, the levels of serum IL-2 correlated with in vitro platelet-stimulated IL-2 production. Few (17%) patients with AITP showed platelet activation, as measured by CD62 expression, or abnormal expression levels of platelet membrane glycoprotein (GP) IIbIIIa, but abnormal GPIb levels were observed in one-third of children with AITP. In contrast to normal controls and patients with nonimmune thrombocytopenia, a significant number of children with acute (80%), chronic (71%), or chronic-complex (55%) AITP had GPIb(+) peripheral blood cells expressing HLA-DR. HLA-DR was variably coexpressed on distinct smaller and larger-sized GPIb(+) cell populations with CD41. CD45, CD14, CD80, and/or glycophorin molecules. GPIb(+) cells isolated from spleens of patients with chronic AITP had high expression (49% +/- 30%) of HLA-DR and splenic T cells had a high level of in vitro platelet-stimulated IL-2 secretion compared with controls. Platelet HLA-DR expression correlated inversely with platelet count, but not with therapy,serum cytokines, or in vitro lymphocyte antiplatelet reactivity. The results indicate that platelet HLA-DR expression is a common occurrence in patients with immune thrombocytopenia, whereas a large subpopulation of children with chronic AITP can be identified by increased serum cytokine levels and in vitro platelet-stimutated IL-2 secretion by lymphocytes, suggesting that differences exist in the immune pathogenesis of acute and chronic AITP, particularly at the level of platelet reactive T cells. (C) 1996 by The American Society of Hematology.