Changes in human dendritic cell number and function in severe obesity may contribute to increased susceptibility to viral infection.
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O'Shea, DCorrigan, M
Dunne, M R
Jackson, R
Woods, C
Gaoatswe, G
Moynagh, P N
O'Connell, J
Hogan, A E
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1] Obesity Immunology Group, Education and Research Centre, St Vincent's University Hospital, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland [2] Department of Endocrinology, St Columcille's Hospital, Health Service Executive, Loughlinstown, Dublin, Ireland.Issue Date
2013-02-26
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Changes in human dendritic cell number and function in severe obesity may contribute to increased susceptibility to viral infection. 2013: Int J Obes (Lond)Journal
International journal of obesity (2005)DOI
10.1038/ijo.2013.16PubMed ID
23439322Abstract
Dendritic cells (DCs) are key immune sentinels linking the innate and adaptive immune systems. DCs recognise danger signals and initiate T-cell tolerance, memory and polarisation. They are critical cells in responding to a viral illness. Obese individuals have been shown to have an impaired response to vaccinations against virally mediated conditions and to have an increased susceptibility to multi-organ failure in response to viral illness. We investigated if DCs are altered in an obese cohort (mean body mass index 51.7±7.3 kg m(-2)), ultimately resulting in differential T-cell responses. Circulating DCs were found to be significantly decreased in the obese compared with the lean cohort (0.82% vs 2.53%). Following Toll-like receptor stimulation, compared with lean controls, DCs generated from the obese cohort upregulated significantly less CD83 (40% vs 17% mean fluorescence intensity), a molecule implicated in the elicitation of T-cell responses, particularly viral responses. Obese DCs produced twofold more of the immunosuppressive cytokine interleukin (IL)-10 than lean controls, and in turn stimulated fourfold more IL-4-production from allogenic naive T cells. We conclude that obesity negatively impacts the ability of DCs to mature and elicit appropriate T-cell responses to a general stimulus. This may contribute to the increased susceptibility to viral infection observed in severe obesity.International Journal of Obesity advance online publication, 26 February 2013; doi:10.1038/ijo.2013.16.Item Type
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10.1038/ijo.2013.16
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