Abstract |
Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor ( G-CSF) has proved to be a successful therapy for some patients with Crohn's disease. Given the known ability of G-CSF to exert anti-T helper 1 effects and to induce interleukin (IL)-10-secreting regulatory T cells, we studied whether clinical benefit from G-CSF therapy in active Crohn's disease was associated with decreased inflammatory cytokine production and/or increased regulatory responses. Crohn's patients were treated with G-CSF (5 microg/kg/day subcutaneously) for 4 weeks and changes in cell phenotype, cytokine production and dendritic cell subsets were measured in the peripheral blood and colonic mucosal biopsies using flow cytometry, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunocytochemistry. Crohn's patients who achieved a clinical response or remission based on the decrease in the Crohn's disease activity index differed from non-responding patients in several important ways: at the end of treatment, responding patients had significantly more CD4(+) memory T cells producing IL-10 in the peripheral blood; they also had a greatly enhanced CD123(+) plasmacytoid dendritic cell infiltration of the lamina propria. Interferon-gamma production capacity was not changed significantly except in non-responders, where it increased. These data show that clinical benefit from G-CSF treatment in Crohn's disease is accompanied by significant induction of IL-10 secreting T cells as well as increases in plasmacytoid dendritic cells in the lamina propria of the inflamed gut mucosa.
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Authors | P J Mannon, F Leon, I J Fuss, B A Walter, M Begnami, M Quezado, Z Yang, C Yi, C Groden, J Friend, R L Hornung, M Brown, S Gurprasad, B Kelsall, W Strober |
Journal | Clinical and experimental immunology
(Clin Exp Immunol)
Vol. 155
Issue 3
Pg. 447-56
(Mar 2009)
ISSN: 1365-2249 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 19094118
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural)
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Chemical References |
- Cytokines
- Recombinant Proteins
- Interleukin-10
- Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
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Topics |
- Adult
- Crohn Disease
(drug therapy, immunology)
- Cytokines
(immunology)
- Dendritic Cells
(immunology)
- Drug Administration Schedule
- Female
- Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
(therapeutic use)
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Immunophenotyping
- Interleukin-10
(immunology)
- Lymphocyte Activation
(immunology)
- Male
- Mucous Membrane
(immunology)
- Pilot Projects
- Recombinant Proteins
- Statistics, Nonparametric
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory
(immunology)
- Treatment Outcome
- Young Adult
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