コバヤシ　マサキ   Kobayashi Masaki   小林　正樹    所属   医学部 医学科（東京女子医科大学病院）    職種   助教
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Association of Th1/Th2-related chemokine receptors in peripheral T cells with disease activity in patinets with multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica
掲載誌名	正式名：European neurology 略　 称：Eur Neurol ISSNコード：00143022/14219913
巻・号・頁	66(2),pp.91-97
著者・共著者	SHIMIZU Yuko†*, OTA Kohei, KABASAWA Chiaki, KUBO Sachiko, KOBAYASHI Masaki, UCHIYAMA Shinichiro, OHASHI Takashi
発行年月	2011/08
概要	We evaluated 30 patients with clinically definite multiple sclerosis (MS) and 8 patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) to investigate correlations between Th1/Th2 balance, disease activity, effects of interferon (IFN)-β treatment, and expressions of chemokine receptors CXCR3 and CCR4 on CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in peripheral blood. MS and NMO patients in the relapsing phase showed a significantly increased CD4+CXCR3+/CD4+CCR4+ ratio and CD8+CXCR3+/CD8+CCR4+ ratio compared with respective patients in the remission phase. After IFN-β treatment, the CD4+CXCR3+/CD4+CCR4+ ratio and CD8+CXCR3+/CD8+CCR4+ ratio were significantly decreased compared with the relapsing phase and slightly lower than in the remission phase. The CD8+CXCR3+/CD8+CCR4+ ratio showed a more marked change associated with disease activity than CD4+ T cells in MS and NMO patients. Moreover, in patients in the relapsing phase of NMO, the CD4+CXCR3+/CD4+CCR4+ ratio and CD8+CXCR3+/CD8+CCR4+ ratio were significantly higher than in MS patients in the relapsing phase. We confirmed marked changes in the CD8+CXCR3+/CD8+CCR4+ ratio according to disease activity and treatment of MS and NMO. Furthermore, this ratio was more strongly linked to immune and inflammatory activity in NMO patients than in MS patients, and may represent an important factor in differentiating the pathogenesis of MS and NMO.
DOI	10.1159/000329576
PMID	21846991