Circulating memory T cells and TCF1+ T cells aid in diagnosis and monitor disease activity in vitiligo

Autor: Xinju Wang, Jianru Chen, Wei Wu, Jinrong Fan, Luling Huang, Weiwei Sun, Kaiqiao He, Shuli Li, Chunying Li
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Vol 14, Iss 11, Pp 100998- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2095-1779
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpha.2024.100998
Popis: Vitiligo is an immune memory skin disease. T-cell factor 1 (TCF1) is essential for maintaining the memory T-cell pool. There is an urgent need to investigate the characteristics of peripheral memory T-cell profile and TCF1+ T-cell frequencies in patients with vitiligo. In this study, 31 patients with active vitiligo (AV), 22 with stable vitiligo (SV), and 30 healthy controls (HCs) were included. We measured circulating memory and TCF1+ T-cell frequencies using flow cytometry. The Spearman's rank test was used to evaluate the correlation between cell frequencies and disease characteristics. Receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC) were constructed to investigate the discriminative power of the cell subpopulations. Circulating CD4+ and CD8+ terminally differentiated effector memory T-cell (TEMRA) frequencies were significantly higher in the AV group than in HCs (P
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