title: [T cell subsets undergoing apoptosis and anergy in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis].
abstract: T-cell apoptosis and anergy as possible causes of impaired antigen specific responses and their subpopulation targets in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis were investigated. A decrease in PPD-stimulated proliferative responses were revealed in 43% of the examinees. The impaired PPD response was shown to be associated with both increased lymphocytic apoptosis and the arrest of cell cycle progression. CD4 and CHD8 T cells underwent apoptosis in PPD-stimulated cultures. Whereas a moderate apoptosis of CD4 cell could occur in PPD-reactive patients, accelerated apoptosis of CD8 cells developed only in PPD-unresponsive group. Both T-cell subpopulations displayed a decreased count of cells in S,G2/M phases of a cell cycle. Similar to apoptosis, the anergy of CD8 T cells was typical of PPD-unresponsive patients. Elevated apoptosis and anergy of CD4 and CD8 T cells in vitro were accompanied by a decline in the proportion of T cells and their subpopulations in patients with impaired PPD responses.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Chernykh
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Sakhno
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Khonina
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tikhonova
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Kozhevnikov
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Nikonov
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Zhdanov
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ostanin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017209:Apoptosis; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D018414:CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D000939:Epitopes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D014373:Tuberculin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D014373:Tuberculin