ArticleRheumatology international2022
Lymphocyte subsets in the peripheral blood are disturbed in systemic sclerosis patients and can be changed by immunosuppressive medication.
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- Clinical and immunological long-term outcomes after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in systemic sclerosis: a retrospective single-center experience.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2025Article
- Clonal T cell populations scarcely impair patients with rheumatic diseases: a prospective long-term follow up study.Arthritis research & therapy · 2024Article
- Analysis of Immune Cell Subsets in Peripheral Blood from Patients with Engineered Stone Silica-Induced Lung Inflammation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Human B-cell subset identification and changes in inflammatory diseases.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2022Review
- Therapeutic Options for Systemic Sclerosis: Current and Future Perspectives in Tackling Immune-Mediated Fibrosis.Biomedicines · 2022Review
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Abstract
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a severe chronic disease with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. SSc displays disturbed lymphocyte homeostasis. Immunosuppressive medications targeting T or B cells can improve disease manifestations. SSc clinical manifestations and immunosuppressive medication in itself can cause changes in lymphocyte subsets. The aim of this study was to investigate peripheral lymphocyte homeostasis in SSc with regards to the immunosuppression and to major organ involvement. 44 SSc patients and 19 healthy donors (HD) were included. Immunophenotyping of peripheral whole blood by fluorescence-activated cell sorting was performed. Cytokine secretions of stimulated B cell cultures were measured. SSc patients without immunosuppression compared to HD displayed lower γδ T cells, lower T helper cells (CD3
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