{"id":11519,"date":"2016-09-20T20:59:28","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T23:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infobioquimica.com\/new\/?p=11519"},"modified":"2016-09-20T20:59:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T23:59:28","slug":"circulating-immune-cells-as-biomarkers-for-idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infobioquimica.com\/new\/2016\/09\/20\/circulating-immune-cells-as-biomarkers-for-idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Circulating Immune Cells as Biomarkers for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patients with fibrotic lung diseases*, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), show progressive worsening of lung function with increased shortness of breath and dry cough. To-date, this process is irreversible, which is why scientists are searching for novel biomarkers<\/strong> or indicators, which enable earlier diagnosis of this disease, with the aim to better interfere with disease progression.<\/p>\n

A team of scientists at the Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC) at Helmholtz Zentrum M\u00fcnchen<\/strong> headed by Professor Oliver Eickelberg,<\/strong> Chairman of the CPC and Director of the Institute of Lung Biology as well as the DZL at the Munich partner site, have now discovered that myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC)<\/strong>\u00a0may serve as such biomarkers. \u201cThe role of MDSC has been most extensively studied in cancer, where they suppress the immune system and contribute to a poor prognosis,\u201d explained first author Isis Fernandez, MD. The current study suggests that similar mechanisms are also at work in IPF.<\/p>\n

In collaboration with the Department of Internal Medicine V (Director: Professor J\u00fcrgen Behr) of the Munich University Hospital, the team examined blood samples of 170 study participants, including 69 IPF patients, in terms of the composition of circulating immune cell types. In each patient, these were correlated with lung function. Strikingly, the MDSC count in IPF patients was significantly higher than in the healthy control group. At the same time, the researchers observed that there was an inverse correlation between lung function and circulating MDSC counts: the poorer the lung function, the higher the MDSC count. In control groups of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or other interstitial lung diseases, this inverse correlation was not found. \u201cWe conclude that the number of MDSC reflects the course of the disease, especially in IPF,\u201d said Fernandez.<\/p>\n

To obtain an indication of whether the cells themselves could be the cause of the deterioration in lung function, the researchers measured the activity of genes that are typically expressed by immune cells. They found that these genes were expressed less frequently in samples that exhibited high MDSC counts. This indicates that MDSC \u2013 similar to their role in cancer \u2013 also compromise the immune system in IPF, according to the scientists.<\/p>\n

A look into the lung tissue of IPF patients supports this assumption. \u201cWe were able to show that MDSC are primarily found in fibrotic niches of IPF lungs characterized by increased interstitial tissue and scarring, that is, in regions where the disease is very pronounced,\u201d said Eickelberg. \u201cAs a next step, we seek to investigate whether the presence of MDSC can serve as a biomarker to detect IPF and to determine how pronounced it is.\u201d In addition, the researchers want to investigate the mechanisms of accumulation in more detail. \u201cControlling accumulation or expansion of MDSC or blocking their suppressive functions may represent a promising treatment options for patients with IPF,\u201d said Eickelberg.<\/p>\n

Source<\/strong>:\u00a0helmholtz-muenchen.de<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Patients with fibrotic lung diseases*, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), show progressive worsening of lung function with increased shortness of breath and dry cough. To-date, this process is irreversible, which is why scientists are searching for novel biomarkers or indicators, which enable earlier diagnosis of this disease, with the aim to better interfere with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2620,"featured_media":11520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"twitterCardType":"summary_large_image","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[655],"tags":[4877,4695,15149,15151,15155,15153,15145,15147,15157,15159],"class_list":["post-11519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias-ingles","tag-biomarker","tag-biomarkers-en","tag-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd","tag-fibrotic-lung-disease","tag-helmholtz-zentrum-munchen","tag-idiopathic-pulmonary-fibrosis-ipf","tag-jurgen-behr","tag-munich-university-hospital","tag-oliver-eickelberg","tag-t-myeloid-derived-suppressor-cells-mdsc4"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infobioquimica.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infobioquimica.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infobioquimica.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infobioquimica.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infobioquimica.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infobioquimica.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11521,"href":"https:\/\/www.infobioquimica.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11519\/revisions\/11521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infobioquimica.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infobioquimica.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infobioquimica.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infobioquimica.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}