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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2016

T cell subset profile in healthy Zambian adults at the University Teaching Hospital.

Caroline Cleopatra Chisenga, Paul Kelly

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Caroline Cleopatra ChisengaTropical Gastroenterology and Nutrition Group, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia.
Paul KellyTropical Gastroenterology and Nutrition Group, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka, Zambia; Blizard Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK and TROPGAN Group Department of Internal Medicine University of Zambia School of Medicine Nationalist Road, Lusaka, Zambia.

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Abstract

introductionSymptom-free human immunodeficiency virus antibody-negative Zambian adults (51 subjects, aged 20 to 62 years, 33.3% women and 66.7% men) were studied to establish T cell subset reference ranges.

methodsWe carried out across sectional study at the University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka. Blood samples were collected from healthy donor volunteers from hospital health care staff, between February and March 2015. Immunopheno typing was undertaken to characterize Tcell subsets using the markers CD3, CD4, CD8, α4β7, Ki67, CD25, CCR7, CD54RA, CD57, CD28, CD27 and HLA-DR.

resultsAmong 51 volunteers, Women had significantly higher absolute CD4 count (median 1042; IQR 864, 1270) than in men (671; 545, 899) (p=0.003). Women also had more CD4 cells expressing homing, naïve, effector and effector memory T cell subsets compared to men. However, in the CD8 population, only the effector cells were significantly different with women expressing more than the males.

conclusionWe provide early reference range for T cell subsets in Zambian adults and conclude that among the African women some T cell subsets are higher than men.

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ImmunophenotypingAdultCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHospitals, UniversityHumansMaleMiddle AgedSex FactorsT-Lymphocyte SubsetsYoung AdultZambiaabsolute CD4CD8 countHIV-seronegativeT cells

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PMCPMC4867728

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