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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-8
pubmed:abstractText
Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune blistering disease that affects the skin and multiple mucous membranes, and is caused by antibodies to desmoglein (Dsg) 1 and 3. Natural killer (NK) cells have a role in autoimmunity, but their role in PV is not known. NK cells in the peripheral blood leucocytes (PBL) of 15 untreated Caucasian patients with active PV were studied and compared with healthy controls for the expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II and co-stimulatory molecules. CD56+ CD16- CD3- NK or CD56+ CD16+ CD3- NK cells from the PBL of PV patients co-express MHC class II and co-stimulatory molecule B7-H3 without exogenous stimulation. CD4+ T cells from the PBL and perilesional skin of PV patients were co-cultured with CD56+ CD3- NK cells from the PBL of the same patients; in the presence of Dsg3 peptides underwent statistically significant proliferation, indicating that NK cells functioned as antigen-presenting cells. Supernatants from these co-cultures and serum of the same patients with active PV had statistically significantly elevated levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8 and interferon-gamma, compared with controls indicating that the NK cells stimulated CD4+ T cells to produce proinflammatory cytokines. In these experiments, we present preliminary evidence that NK cells may play a role in the pathobiology of PV.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1365-2249
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
152
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
472-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Antigen Presentation, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-B7 Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Desmoglein 3, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Pemphigus, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Receptors, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:18373702-Skin
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Possible role of natural killer cells in pemphigus vulgaris - preliminary observations.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oral Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article
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