Maternal autoimmune thyroid disease and the fetal immune system
| Autor: | Bengt Hallengren, J. S. Danska, Jeanette Arvastsson, Christina Åkesson, Johan Svensson, Mikael Lantz, Corrado M. Cilio, K. Uvebrant, Cecilia Oderup, U. B. Ericsson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
Male medicine.medical_specialty Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Endocrinology and Diabetes medicine.disease_cause Autoimmunity Autoimmune thyroiditis Endocrinology Fetus Thyroid peroxidase Pregnancy Internal medicine Internal Medicine medicine Humans Maternal-Fetal Exchange Autoantibodies Autoimmune disease biology business.industry Thyroid Autoantibody Infant Newborn Thyroiditis Autoimmune General Medicine medicine.disease Fetal Blood Anti-thyroid autoantibodies Killer Cells Natural Pregnancy Complications medicine.anatomical_structure Cord blood Immunology biology.protein Cytokines Female Inflammation Mediators business |
| Zdroj: | Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes; 119(7), pp 445-450 (2011) |
| ISSN: | 1439-3646 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: Several studies indicate that in utero exposure to maternal autoimmune diseases and transplacental passage of autoantibodies affect the risk of autoimmunity in the offspring, e. g., maternally derived GAD65 autoantibody correlates with decreased risk of type 1 diabetes, whereas thyroid peroxidase autoantibody (TPOAb) positivity at birth is associated with increased incidence of autoimmune thyroid disease later in life. The aim of this study was to identify immunological changes in children born to mothers with thyroid autoimmunity that may be related to in utero exposure to autoantibodies. DESIGN AND METHOD: Open label prospective analysis of cord blood lymphocytes and serum cytokines by Flow Cytometry in children born to mothers with autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) (n=31) and to healthy mothers (n=76) and titers of thyroid autoantibodies were determined in cord blood and in maternal peripheral blood at delivery. RESULTS: We found an increase (almost 30%) in the frequency of cord blood natural killer (NK) cells (p=0.0016) and a minor increase in the subset of T cells expressing NK markers (p=0.028), in children born to AIT mothers. There were no detectable differences in the phenotype or frequency of cord blood memory/activated T cells, including CD4 (+)CD25 (+) T cells, between the 2 groups. The levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-I±, IL-10, IL-12p70, IFN-I³ and IL-1I² were significantly decreased in offspring of AIT mothers as compared to healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS: Maternal thyroid autoimmunity and transplacental passage of autoantibodies against thyroid antigens may affect the generation or expansion of cells with NK activity and the secretion of inflammatory cytokines. (Less) |
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