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Title
Differential cytokine, chemokine and growth factor expression in phenotypes of chronic lung allograft dysfunction
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Abstract
Background. Chronic lung allograft dysfunction is a heterogeneous entity limiting long-term survival after lung transplantation. Different clinical phenotypes (bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome [BOS]-neutrophilic BOS-restrictive allograft syndrome [RAS]) have been identified but the mechanisms remain elusive. Methods. In this study, we measured 34 different cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of 20 stable patients, 20 patients suffering from non-neutrophilic BOS, 17 from neutrophilic BOS, and 20 from RAS using classic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and multiplex technology. Results. Total cell count and % neutrophils were elevated in neutrophilic BOS and RAS compared to stable and non-neutrophilic BOS patients, whereas also the % eosinophils was elevated at diagnosis of RAS. Levels of interleukin (IL)-1 beta (P<0.01), IL-1R alpha (P<0.001), IL-6 (P<0.001), IL-8/CXCL8 (P<0.001), IP-10/CXCL10 (P<0.05), MCP-1/CCL2 (P<0.05), macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)1 alpha/ CCL3 (P<0.001), MIP-1 beta/CCL4, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF; P<0.05) were differentially regulated in RAS compared to stable, whereas in neutrophilic BOS IL-1 beta (P<0.001), IL-1R alpha (P<0.01), IL-7 (P<0.05), IL-8/CXCL8 (P<0.001), MCP-3/CXCCL7 (P<0.05) and MIP-1 alpha/CCL-3 (P<0.05) were significantly upregulated compared to stable patients. We could not detect any differences between non-neutrophilic BOS and stable patients. Interestingly, bronchoalveolar lavage IL-6, interferon gamma-induced protein (IP)-10/CXCL10 and interferon-inducible T-cell alpha chemoattractant/chemokine (C-X-Cmotif) ligand 11 (ITAC/CXCL10) were associated with survival after diagnosis in RAS patients. Conclusion. There were major differences in cytokine and chemokine expression in our different study groups. Especially IL-6, but also IP-10/CXCL10, and VEGF may be interesting mediators in RAS.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Transplantation. - Baltimore, Md, 1963, currens
Publication
Baltimore, Md : 2015
ISSN
0041-1337
1534-6080 [online]
DOI
10.1097/TP.0000000000000269
Volume/pages
99 :1 (2015) , p. 86-93
ISI
000346981700023
Pubmed ID
25050473
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Subject
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Web of Science
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