SynthesisJournal of immunology research2019
The Proportion of Regulatory T Cells in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Meta-Analysis.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Non-genetic biomarkers for ankylosing spondylitis: An umbrella review.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2022Pooled it
- Imbalance of Peripheral Lymphocyte Subsets in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Pooled it
- DNA methylation inhibitor decitabine ameliorates spondyloarthritis by suppressing Th17 responses and epigenetically upregulating VIPR1 in SKG mice.Arthritis research & therapy · 2026Article
- Regulatory T cells in axial spondyloarthritis.Communications biology · 2026Review
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- Treg cell plasticity as a driver of inflammation in spondyloarthritis and psoriasis.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Dysregulated Non-Coding RNA Expression in T Cells from Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Contributes to Its Immunopathogenesis.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Identification of gut dysbiosis in axial spondyloarthritis patients and improvement of experimental ankylosing spondyloarthritis by microbiome-derived butyrate with immune-modulating function.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Article
- Joint together: The etiology and pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Novel immune cell phenotypes in spondyloarthritis pathogenesis.Seminars in immunopathology · 2021Review
- The Potential Role of Genetics, Environmental Factors, and Gut Dysbiosis in the Aberrant Non-Coding RNA Expression to Mediate Inflammation and Osteoclastogenic/Osteogenic Differentiation in Ankylosing Spondylitis.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- Efficacy of alendronate for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveAccumulating evidence indicates that regulatory T cells (Tregs) may be involved in the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). As different markers have been used to identify Tregs, some studies on the proportions of Tregs in AS patients have generated considerable controversy. To clarify the status of Tregs in such patients, we determine the proportion changes of peripheral Tregs during development of the disease, with different cellular markers.
methodsWe systematically searched Embase, PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Knowledge, FDA.gov, and Clinical Trials.gov for the studies reporting the proportion of Tregs in AS patients. Using the PRISMA guidelines, we performed a random-effects meta-analysis of the frequencies of peripheral Tregs defined in different ways. Inconsistency was evaluated using the
resultsA total 29 studies involving 1732 participants were included in the meta-analysis. Their conclusions of using the diversity of Tregs surface markers were inconsistent with each other. No significant difference in the proportions of Tregs was evident regardless of the definitions used [-0.709, (-1.455, 0.037,
conclusionsThe levels of Tregs varied based on the cellular identification markers used. The proportions of CD4
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