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T‐CELLS PRODUCING MULTIPLE COMBINATIONS OF IFNγ, TNF AND IL10 ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MILD FORMS OF DENGUE INFECTION
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Departamento de Bioquımica e Imunologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundacão Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Rene Rachou. . Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Departamento de Bioquımica e Imunologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Hospital Santa Casa. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundacão Hospitalar do Estado de Minas Gerais. Hospital Metropolitano Odilon Behrens. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Faculdade de Medicina . Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Secretaria Municipal de Saude. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
International Research Center, A. C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Fundacão Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Rene Rachou. . Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Departamento de Bioquımica e Imunologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil/ Center for Immunization Research. Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD, USA .
Fundacão Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Rene Rachou. . Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Departamento de Bioquımica e Imunologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Hospital Santa Casa. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Fundacão Hospitalar do Estado de Minas Gerais. Hospital Metropolitano Odilon Behrens. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Faculdade de Medicina . Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Secretaria Municipal de Saude. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
International Research Center, A. C. Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Fundacão Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Rene Rachou. . Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Departamento de Bioquımica e Imunologia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil/ Center for Immunization Research. Johns Hopkins University. Baltimore, MD, USA .
Abstract
Multifunctional interleukin 10 (IL10)+ Th1 cells have been implicated in favorable evolution of many infectious diseases, promoting an efficacious immune response while limiting immunopathology. Here, we investigated the presence of multifunctional CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells that expressed interferon gamma (IFNc), IL10 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF), or its combinations during dengue infection. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from outpatients with dengue (mild dengue forms) and hospitalized patients (or patients with dengue with warning signs and severe dengue) were cultured in the presence of envelope (ENV) or NS3 peptide libraries of DENV during critical (hospitalization period) and convalescence phases. The production of IFNc, IL10 and TNF by CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells was assessed by flow cytometry. Our data show that patients with mild dengue, when compared with patients with dengue with warning signs and severe dengue, presented higher frequencies of multifunctional T-cells like NS3-specific IFNc/IL10-producing CD4+ Tcells in critical phase and NS3- and ENV-specific CD8+ T-cells producing IFNc/IL10. In addition, NS3-specific CD8+ T-cells producing high levels of IFNc/TNF and IFNc/TNF/IL10 were also observed in the mild dengue group. We observed that multifunctional T-cells produced higher levels of cytokines as measured by intracellular content when compared with single producer T-cells. Importantly, multifunctional CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells producing IFNc, TNF and IL10 simultaneously displayed positive correlation with platelet levels, suggesting a protective role of this population. The presence of IL10+ Th1 and IL10+ Tc1 multifunctional cells was associated with mild dengue presentation, suggesting that these cells play a role in clinical evolution of dengue infection.
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