title: Role of gamma delta T cells in inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: gammadelta T cells have previously been shown to play a protective role in various animal models of chronic inflammation (e.g., experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, collagen-induced arthritis, and non-obese diabetes). This immunoregulatory potential is exerted by synthesizing various anti-inflammatory cytokines and growth factors (e.g., transforming growth factor-beta). As the normal balance between inflammatory and regulatory cytokines is perturbed in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) a protective effect of gammadelta T cells seems likely. This notion is supported by our finding of increased mortality of rats with 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid-induced colitis following gammadelta T cell depletion. In contrast, no effect was observed after depletion of gammadelta T cells in a Crohn's disease animal model with terminal ileitis (TNF(DeltaARE) mice). Therefore, future studies must further define where in the intestinal immune system gammadelta T cells exert their protective function and how this can be used in the treatment of IBD.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik I, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland.
authors.forename: Anja A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kühl
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Loddenkemper
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Westermann
authors.forename: Jörg C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019138:Antibodies, Blocking / Q000494:pharmacology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D007079:Ileitis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008136:Longevity; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000032:analysis; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000276:immunology; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000276:immunology; D014302:Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019138:Antibodies, Blocking; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D016207:Cytokines; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D014302:Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid