Yaru Lu , Qian Ma , Lu Yu , Xiaoxi Liu , Pei Chen , Weibin Liu
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Circulating CD45RA−Foxp3++ Treg cells serve as a biomarker for predicting minimal clinical manifestations status of myasthenia gravis
Aims
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) are key mediators of the induction of immune tolerance; however, the mechanisms by which they regulate myasthenia gravis (MG) are not fully understood. This study aimed to explore the characteristics of Tregs and their subpopulations in the peripheral blood of patients with minimal clinical manifestations (MM) of MG and identify biomarkers that predict MM-MG for treatment guidance.
Materials and methods
The clinical data of patients with general MG who visited our hospital were retrospectively analyzed. Age- and sex-matched volunteers were selected as healthy controls (HC). Flow cytometry was used to determine the proportion, function, and subpopulations of total Tregs. A correlation analysis was conducted for subpopulation proportions and MG disease severity.
Key findings
A total of 27 cases of MM-MG, 40 cases of naїve-MG, and 33 cases of HC were included in this study. The number of total Tregs and the suppressive function of total Tregs were elevated in patients with MM-MG compared to those of patients with naїve-MG. Further analysis revealed that the frequency of CD45RA−Foxp3++ Tregs (a-Tregs) negatively correlated with quantitative myasthenia gravis (QMG) scores for patients with naїve-MG. In addition, the number of a-Tregs was significantly greater in patients with MM-MG than in patients with naїve-MG, and CD45RA−Foxp3+ Tregs expressed higher and lower levels of CTLA-4 and CXCR3, respectively.
Significance
CD45RA−Foxp3++ Tregs were significantly more abundant and highly expressed surface inhibitory molecules in patients with MM-MG. This profile may serve as a predictive biomarker for MM-MG.
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