scholarly journals Modulation of Production of Th1/Th2 Cytokines in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells and Neutrophils by Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Chronically Infected Patients

Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1519
Author(s):  
Sahar Essa ◽  
Iqbal Siddique ◽  
Motaz Saad ◽  
Raj Raghupathy
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Hcv Infection ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Genotype 4 ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Tnf Α ◽  
Ifn Γ

This study investigated the influence of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection on the cytokine production profiles of the peripheral blood monoculear cells (PBMC) and neutrophils in chronically naïve HCV-infected patients. Seventy-five genotype-4 naïve HCV-infected patients (HCV+) and healthy subjects (HCV−) were enrolled. The neutrophils and the PBMC were separated by density gradient sedimentation and stimulated with a mitogen. The culture supernatants were evaluated for levels of IFN-α, IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-9, IL-10, IL-12, and TNF-α using anti-cytokine antibody MACSPlex capture beads. The PBMC cytokine profiles of HCV+ patients showed significantly lower mean values for IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-6, IL-9, and IL-10 (p < 0.0001) as compared to HCV− subjects. In contrast, HCV+ patients showed higher mean levels of PBMC cytokine values for IL-5 and TNF-α (p < 0.0001). As for neutrophils, HCV+ patients showed significantly lower mean levels of IFN-α, IFN-γ, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-9, and IL-10 (p < 0.0001). In contrast, the neutrophils from HCV+ patients showed higher mean levels of IL-5, IL-12, and TNF-α (p < 0.0001). Th1–Th2 cytokine ratios suggested a lower Th1 bias in HCV+ subjects as compared to HCV− subjects. Our results suggest that chronic HCV infection brings about an immunomodulatory effect not only on neutrophils, but also to a lower extent on PBMCs

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with type II cryoglobulinemia

2013 ◽  
Vol 74 (12) ◽  
pp. 1559-1562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanna Jabłońska ◽  
Jakub Ząbek ◽  
Agnieszka Pawełczyk ◽  
Natalia Kubisa ◽  
Maria Fic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Hcv Infection ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Blood Mononuclear Cells

scholarly journals Infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells by hepatitis C virus in mixed cryoglobulinemia

Blood ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 82 (12) ◽  
pp. 3701-3704 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Ferri ◽  
M Monti ◽  
L La Civita ◽  
G Longombardo ◽  
F Greco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Mixed Cryoglobulinemia ◽  
Hcv Infection ◽  
Hcv Rna ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Blood Mononuclear Cells

A striking association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) has been shown; thus, HCV seems to play an important etiopathogenetic role in this lymphoproliferative disorder. Because HCV is both a hepatotropic and lymphotropic virus, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of HCV infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in a series of 16 patients with type II (IgMk) MC. Antibodies against HCV were detected by commercially available kits (Second Generation Chiron enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA] and recombinant-based immunoblot assay [RIBA]), and the presence of HCV RNA was evaluated in both sera and isolated PBMCs using the polymerase chain reaction technique. A previous exposure to HCV was shown by ELISA and confirmed by RIBA in all cases (100%). Moreover, HCV RNA was present in the sera of 8 of 16 patients (50%), whereas its frequency markedly increased (13 of 16 [81%]) when genomic sequences were detected in peripheral lymphocytes. HCV RNA was never detected in the PBMCs of 20 control subjects. These findings showed that HCV infection, alone or in combination with other factors, may be responsible for the clonal B-cell expansion underlying the systemic manifestations of MC, and may explain the appearance of a malignant non- Hodgkin's lymphoma in some subjects.

scholarly journals Infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells by hepatitis C virus in mixed cryoglobulinemia

Blood ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 82 (12) ◽  
pp. 3701-3704 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Ferri ◽  
M Monti ◽  
L La Civita ◽  
G Longombardo ◽  
F Greco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Mononuclear Cells ◽  
Mixed Cryoglobulinemia ◽  
Hcv Infection ◽  
Hcv Rna ◽  
Peripheral Blood Mononuclear ◽  
Blood Mononuclear Cells

Abstract A striking association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) has been shown; thus, HCV seems to play an important etiopathogenetic role in this lymphoproliferative disorder. Because HCV is both a hepatotropic and lymphotropic virus, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of HCV infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in a series of 16 patients with type II (IgMk) MC. Antibodies against HCV were detected by commercially available kits (Second Generation Chiron enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA] and recombinant-based immunoblot assay [RIBA]), and the presence of HCV RNA was evaluated in both sera and isolated PBMCs using the polymerase chain reaction technique. A previous exposure to HCV was shown by ELISA and confirmed by RIBA in all cases (100%). Moreover, HCV RNA was present in the sera of 8 of 16 patients (50%), whereas its frequency markedly increased (13 of 16 [81%]) when genomic sequences were detected in peripheral lymphocytes. HCV RNA was never detected in the PBMCs of 20 control subjects. These findings showed that HCV infection, alone or in combination with other factors, may be responsible for the clonal B-cell expansion underlying the systemic manifestations of MC, and may explain the appearance of a malignant non- Hodgkin's lymphoma in some subjects.

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