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01-09-2010
B-Cell and T-Cell Phenotypes in CVID Patients Correlate with the Clinical Phenotype of the Disease
Published in: Journal of Clinical Immunology | Issue 5/2010
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Background
Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a heterogeneous disorder characterized by recurrent infections and defective immunoglobulin production.
Methods
The DEFI French national prospective study investigated peripheral T-cell and B-cell compartments in 313 CVID patients grouped according to their clinical phenotype, using flow cytometry.
Results
In patients developing infection only (IO), the main B-cell or T-cell abnormalities were a defect in switched memory B cells and a decrease in naive CD4+ T cells associated with an increase in CD4+CD95+ cells. These abnormalities were more pronounced in patients developing lymphoproliferation (LP), autoimmune cytopenia (AC), or chronic enteropathy (CE). Moreover, LP and AC patients presented an increase in CD21low B cells and CD4+HLA-DR+ T cells and a decrease in regulatory T cells.
Conclusion
In these large series of CVID patients, the major abnormalities of the B-cell and T-cell compartments, although a hallmark of CVID, were only observed in half of the IO patients and were more frequent and severe in patients with additional lymphoproliferative, autoimmune, and digestive complications.