Central memory CD4+ T cells dominate the normal cerebrospinal fluid
Background: To use cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) immune phenotyping as a diagnostic and research tool, we have set out to establish reference values of white blood cell (WBC) subsets in CSF. Methods: We assessed the absolute numbers and percentages of WBC subsets by 6‐color flow cytometry in paired CSF...
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Published in | Cytometry. Part B, Clinical cytometry Vol. 80B; no. 1; pp. 43 - 50 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Hoboken
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
01.01.2011
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Summary: | Background:
To use cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) immune phenotyping as a diagnostic and research tool, we have set out to establish reference values of white blood cell (WBC) subsets in CSF.
Methods:
We assessed the absolute numbers and percentages of WBC subsets by 6‐color flow cytometry in paired CSF and blood samples of 84 individuals without neurological disease who underwent spinal anaesthesia for surgery. Leukocyte (i.e., lymphocytes, granulocytes, and monocytes), lymphocyte (i.e., T [CD4+ and CD8+], NK, NKT and B cells), T cell (i.e., naïve, central memory, effector memory, and regulatory) and dendritic cell subsets (i.e., myeloid and plasmacytoid) were studied.
Results:
CSF showed a predominance of T cells, while granulocytes, B and NK cells were relatively rare compared to blood. The majority of T cells in CSF consisted of CD4+ T cells (∼70%), most of them (∼90%) with a central memory phenotype, while B cells were almost absent (<1%). Among the small population of dendritic cells in CSF, those of the myeloid subtype were more frequent than plasmacytoid dendritic cells (medians: 1.7% and 0.4% of leukocytes, respectively), whilst both subsets made up 0.2% of leukocytes in blood.
Conclusions:
This study reports reference values of absolute numbers and percentages of WBC subsets in CSF, which are essential for further investigation of the immunopathogenesis of neuro‐inflammatory diseases. Furthermore, the relative abundance of CD4+ T cells, mainly with a central memory phenotype, and the presence of dendritic cells in CSF suggests an active adaptive immune response under normal conditions in the central nervous system (CNS). © 2010 International Clinical Cytometry Society |
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Bibliography: | T cells dominate the normal cerebrospinal fluid. Cytometry Part B 2011; 80B: 43–50. How to cite this article: de Graaf MT, Smitt PAES, Luitwieler RL, van Velzen C, van den Broek PDM, Kraan J, Gratama JW. Central memory CD4 + ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
ISSN: | 1552-4949 1552-4957 1552-4957 |
DOI: | 10.1002/cyto.b.20542 |