Classification and functional study of peripheral blood dendritic cells in different types of coronary artery disease
AIM: To study the changes of the percentage and absolute numbers in peripheral blood dendritic cells(DCs) within the leukocyte population and their functions in different types of coronary artery disease (CAD) so as to explore the relation between the DCs and the development of CAD. METHODS: Sixty-two patients diagnosed as CAD initially were divided into 4 groups: 15 patients in AMI group, 15 patients inUAP(CTNI +) groups, 15 patients in UAP(CTNI -) group and 17 patient in SAP group. Eighteen patients in the control group with negative result in coronary angiography The percentage of peripheral blood DCs Subsets were measured by four color flow cytometry. The functions of DCs were measures by ELISA and flow cytometry. RESULTS: The percentage and numbers of DCs within the leukocyte population was similar for normal in SAP, while significantly higher in the UAP (CTNI -), lower in AMI when compared the control group, and there was no changes of the numbers in UAP(CTNI +). We found that the CD83 were higher in DCs of UAP (CTNI -), UAP (CTNI +), AMI groups after cultured the DCs 7 d in vitro. T-cell proliferation in UAP(CTNI -), UAP(CTNI +) and AMI incubated with 2 × 108/L DCs evoked a strong proliferation, which compared with CTL and SAP (P < 0.05, respectively). The IL-12, IL-10 and IFN-α in supernatant of mixed lymphocyte reaction were higher in UAP (CTNI -), UAP (CTNI +) and AMI. than CTL. CONCLUSION: The changes of the percentage and absolute numbers in peripheral blood DCs within the leukocyte population and their functions in different types of CAD can predict the progression of coronary artery plaques.
dendritic cellcoronary artery diseaseatherosclerotic plaqueimmune function