title: Lnc-DC mediates the over-maturation of decidual dendritic cells and induces the increase in Th1 cells in preeclampsia.
abstract: Preeclampsia is a severe pregnancy-related disease that involves an imbalance of the immune reaction, which is dominated by T helper1 (Th1) cells; however, the mechanism is unclear.
  
  
  
  We used flow cytometry, RT-PCR and western blotting to detect Th1 cells in the blood and mature dendritic cells, lnc-DC (a long non-coding RNA that is specifically expressed in DCs and can mediate dendritic cell maturation by phosphorylating STAT3) and p-STAT3 (phosphorylated transducer and activator of transcription 3) in the deciduas of normal pregnancies and preeclampsia patients.
  
  
  
  We found that the expression of lnc-DC and p-STAT3 was increased in the deciduas of preeclampsia patients. The proportion of Th1 cells and mature dendritic cells was significantly higher in the preeclampsia patients.
  
  
  
  These results suggested the hypothesis that the overexpression of lnc-DCs induces the over-maturation of decidual dendritic cells in preeclampsia patients and leads to an increase in Th1 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second XiangYa Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan province, China.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second XiangYa Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan province, China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second XiangYa Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan province, China.
authors.forename: YiLing
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5762-0698
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003656:Decidua / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000276:immunology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding / Q000276:immunology*; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor / Q000276:immunology*; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D062085:RNA, Long Noncoding; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor; C494086:STAT3 protein, human; C000622597:lnc-DC long non-coding RNA, human
keywords: T helper 1 cells; dendritic cells; long Non-coding RNA; preeclampsia; transducer and activator of transcription 3