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The Th17/Treg Immune Imbalance in Ulcerative Colitis Disease in a Chinese Han Population
Objective. To investigate the Th17/Treg immune balance in the ulcerative colitis (UC) patients in a Chinese Han population. Methods. Ninety UC patients and 30 healthy subjects were enrolled. The serum IL-17 and TGF-β1 levels of these participants were measured with ELISA; the percentage of Th17 and...
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2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763012/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26977120 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7089137 |
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author | Gong, Yang Lin, Yifan Zhao, Ning He, Xiaojuan Lu, Aiping Wei, Wei Jiang, Miao |
author_facet | Gong, Yang Lin, Yifan Zhao, Ning He, Xiaojuan Lu, Aiping Wei, Wei Jiang, Miao |
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description | Objective. To investigate the Th17/Treg immune balance in the ulcerative colitis (UC) patients in a Chinese Han population. Methods. Ninety UC patients and 30 healthy subjects were enrolled. The serum IL-17 and TGF-β1 levels of these participants were measured with ELISA; the percentage of Th17 and Treg cells in peripheral blood was determined with flow cytometry. Results. In UC patients, the levels of IL-17 and Th17 were significantly higher compared with healthy subjects; the percentage of Th17 and IL-17 level in moderate and severe subgroup was significantly higher than in mild subgroup; a positive correlation existed between these two indexes and clinical activity index and endoscopic evaluation. TGF-β1 level and Treg cells in UC patients were lower than healthy subjects. TGF-β1 level in moderate and severe subgroup was lower than in mild subgroup. There was a negative linear correlation between Treg cells and clinical activity index, endoscopic evaluation. A positive correlation was detected between Treg cells and TGF-β1 level. Conclusions. Th17/Treg immune imbalance might play a crucial role in the development of UC. To induce the production of Treg cells and TGF-β1, inhibit the level of Th17 and IL-17, and thus recover the Th17/Treg immune balance might imply new therapeutic targets in UC management. |
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spelling | pubmed-47630122016-03-14 The Th17/Treg Immune Imbalance in Ulcerative Colitis Disease in a Chinese Han Population Gong, Yang Lin, Yifan Zhao, Ning He, Xiaojuan Lu, Aiping Wei, Wei Jiang, Miao Mediators Inflamm Research Article Objective. To investigate the Th17/Treg immune balance in the ulcerative colitis (UC) patients in a Chinese Han population. Methods. Ninety UC patients and 30 healthy subjects were enrolled. The serum IL-17 and TGF-β1 levels of these participants were measured with ELISA; the percentage of Th17 and Treg cells in peripheral blood was determined with flow cytometry. Results. In UC patients, the levels of IL-17 and Th17 were significantly higher compared with healthy subjects; the percentage of Th17 and IL-17 level in moderate and severe subgroup was significantly higher than in mild subgroup; a positive correlation existed between these two indexes and clinical activity index and endoscopic evaluation. TGF-β1 level and Treg cells in UC patients were lower than healthy subjects. TGF-β1 level in moderate and severe subgroup was lower than in mild subgroup. There was a negative linear correlation between Treg cells and clinical activity index, endoscopic evaluation. A positive correlation was detected between Treg cells and TGF-β1 level. Conclusions. Th17/Treg immune imbalance might play a crucial role in the development of UC. To induce the production of Treg cells and TGF-β1, inhibit the level of Th17 and IL-17, and thus recover the Th17/Treg immune balance might imply new therapeutic targets in UC management. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4763012/ /pubmed/26977120 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7089137 Text en Copyright © 2016 Yang Gong et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Gong, Yang Lin, Yifan Zhao, Ning He, Xiaojuan Lu, Aiping Wei, Wei Jiang, Miao The Th17/Treg Immune Imbalance in Ulcerative Colitis Disease in a Chinese Han Population |
title | The Th17/Treg Immune Imbalance in Ulcerative Colitis Disease in a Chinese Han Population |
title_full | The Th17/Treg Immune Imbalance in Ulcerative Colitis Disease in a Chinese Han Population |
title_fullStr | The Th17/Treg Immune Imbalance in Ulcerative Colitis Disease in a Chinese Han Population |
title_full_unstemmed | The Th17/Treg Immune Imbalance in Ulcerative Colitis Disease in a Chinese Han Population |
title_short | The Th17/Treg Immune Imbalance in Ulcerative Colitis Disease in a Chinese Han Population |
title_sort | th17/treg immune imbalance in ulcerative colitis disease in a chinese han population |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763012/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26977120 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7089137 |
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