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Severe Perturbations of the Blood T Cell Repertoire in Polymyositis, But Not Dermatomyositis Patients
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Benveniste, Olivier Chérin, Patrick Maisonobe, Thierry Merat, Rastine Chosidow, Olivier Mouthon, Luc Guillevin, Loïc Flahault, Antoine Burland, Marie-Christine Klatzmann, David Herson, Serge Boyer, Olivier |
| Copyright Year | 2001 |
| Description | Polymyositis and dermatomyositis are diseases characterized by muscle weakness and muscle inflammatory infiltrates. Their pathogenesis remains unclear. A central role for endomysial autoaggressive $CD8^{+}$ T cells is suspected in polymyositis and for perivascular B cells in dermatomyositis. We compared the T cell repertoire of 10 polymyositis and 10 dermatomyositis patients by immunoscope, a method providing a global assessment of the T cell repertoire and a sensitive detection of clonal T cell expansions. Samples were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively in the blood (unsorted cells and $CD4^{+}$ and $CD8^{+}$ cells) and in muscle infiltrates. Dramatic perturbations of the T cell repertoire were observed in the blood of polymyositis but not dermatomyositis patients (p < 0.0005), the latter being undistinguishable from controls. These perturbations were due to oligoclonal expansions of $CD8^{+}$ T cells and most blood clonal expansions were also found in muscle. These results indicate that the pathogenesis of polymyositis and dermatomyositis is different and reinforce the view that polymyositis but not dermatomyositis is an autoimmune $CD8^{+}$ T cell-mediated disease. Moreover, this method may be helpful for the differential diagnosis of polymyositis and dermatomyositis and for noninvasive follow-up of polymyositis patients. |
| Ending Page | 3529 |
| Page Count | 9 |
| Starting Page | 3521 |
| ISSN | 00221767 |
| e-ISSN | 15506606 |
| DOI | 10.4049/jimmunol.167.6.3521 |
| Journal | The Journal of Immunology |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Volume Number | 167 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The American Association of Immunologists |
| Publisher Date | 2001-09-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Cell Repertoire Dermatomyositis Patients Cells and Most Blood |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Immunology and Allergy Immunology |