Intestinal Cellular Biomarkers of Mucosal Lesion Progression in Pediatric Celiac Disease
Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic intestinal inflammation caused by gluten ingestion in genetically predisposed individuals. Overt-CD and potential-CD are the two main forms of gluten intolerance in pediatric patients with different grades of intestinal mucosa lesion and clinical management. For over...
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oai:doaj.org-article:b05c17d4b88e4b8c9e65597280e87dbb2021-11-25T18:42:33ZIntestinal Cellular Biomarkers of Mucosal Lesion Progression in Pediatric Celiac Disease10.3390/pharmaceutics131119711999-4923https://doaj.org/article/b05c17d4b88e4b8c9e65597280e87dbb2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/13/11/1971https://doaj.org/toc/1999-4923Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic intestinal inflammation caused by gluten ingestion in genetically predisposed individuals. Overt-CD and potential-CD are the two main forms of gluten intolerance in pediatric patients with different grades of intestinal mucosa lesion and clinical management. For overt-CD patients the gluten-free diet is mandatory, while for potential-CD the dietary therapy is recommended only for those subjects becoming clinically symptomatic overtime. To date, specific early biomarkers of evolution to villous atrophy in potential-CD are lacking. We recently observed an expansion of TCRγδ+ T cells and a concomitant disappearance of IL4-producing T cells in the intestinal mucosa of overt-CD patients compared to potential-CD children, suggesting the involvement of these two cells subsets in the transition from potential-CD to overt-CD. In this study, we demonstrated that the intestinal densities of IL4+ T cells inversely correlated with TCRγδ+ T cell expansion (<i>p</i> < 0.005) and with the serum levels of anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies (<i>p</i> < 0.01). The changes of these two cell subsets strongly correlated with mucosal lesions, according to the histological Marsh classification, as the transition from M0 to M3 lesions was associated with a significant reduction of IL4+ T cells (M0 vs. M1 <i>p</i> < 0.04, M0 vs. M3 <i>p</i> < 0.007) and an increase of TCRγδ+ T cells (M0 vs. M1 <i>p</i> < 0.05, M0 vs. M3 <i>p</i> < 0.0006). These findings strongly suggest that the detection of TCRγδ+ and IL4+ T cells could serve as cellular biomarkers of mucosal lesion and targets of novel immunomodulatory therapies for CD.Serena VitaleMariantonia MaglioStefania PicasciaIlaria MottolaErasmo MieleRiccardo TronconeRenata AuricchioCarmen GianfraniMDPI AGarticlepediatric celiac diseasebiomarkersvillous atrophyTCRγδ+ T cellsIL4translational researchPharmacy and materia medicaRS1-441ENPharmaceutics, Vol 13, Iss 1971, p 1971 (2021) |
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Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic intestinal inflammation caused by gluten ingestion in genetically predisposed individuals. Overt-CD and potential-CD are the two main forms of gluten intolerance in pediatric patients with different grades of intestinal mucosa lesion and clinical management. For overt-CD patients the gluten-free diet is mandatory, while for potential-CD the dietary therapy is recommended only for those subjects becoming clinically symptomatic overtime. To date, specific early biomarkers of evolution to villous atrophy in potential-CD are lacking. We recently observed an expansion of TCRγδ+ T cells and a concomitant disappearance of IL4-producing T cells in the intestinal mucosa of overt-CD patients compared to potential-CD children, suggesting the involvement of these two cells subsets in the transition from potential-CD to overt-CD. In this study, we demonstrated that the intestinal densities of IL4+ T cells inversely correlated with TCRγδ+ T cell expansion (<i>p</i> < 0.005) and with the serum levels of anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies (<i>p</i> < 0.01). The changes of these two cell subsets strongly correlated with mucosal lesions, according to the histological Marsh classification, as the transition from M0 to M3 lesions was associated with a significant reduction of IL4+ T cells (M0 vs. M1 <i>p</i> < 0.04, M0 vs. M3 <i>p</i> < 0.007) and an increase of TCRγδ+ T cells (M0 vs. M1 <i>p</i> < 0.05, M0 vs. M3 <i>p</i> < 0.0006). These findings strongly suggest that the detection of TCRγδ+ and IL4+ T cells could serve as cellular biomarkers of mucosal lesion and targets of novel immunomodulatory therapies for CD. |
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Serena Vitale Mariantonia Maglio Stefania Picascia Ilaria Mottola Erasmo Miele Riccardo Troncone Renata Auricchio Carmen Gianfrani |
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Serena Vitale Mariantonia Maglio Stefania Picascia Ilaria Mottola Erasmo Miele Riccardo Troncone Renata Auricchio Carmen Gianfrani |
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Serena Vitale |
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Intestinal Cellular Biomarkers of Mucosal Lesion Progression in Pediatric Celiac Disease |
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Intestinal Cellular Biomarkers of Mucosal Lesion Progression in Pediatric Celiac Disease |
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Intestinal Cellular Biomarkers of Mucosal Lesion Progression in Pediatric Celiac Disease |
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Intestinal Cellular Biomarkers of Mucosal Lesion Progression in Pediatric Celiac Disease |
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Intestinal Cellular Biomarkers of Mucosal Lesion Progression in Pediatric Celiac Disease |
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intestinal cellular biomarkers of mucosal lesion progression in pediatric celiac disease |
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