PMID- 27041826 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161230 LR - 20231213 IS - 1466-1861 (Electronic) IS - 0962-9351 (Print) IS - 0962-9351 (Linking) VI - 2016 DP - 2016 TI - Cytokines and Effector/Regulatory Cells Characterization in the Physiopathology of Cutaneous Lupus Erythematous: A Cross-Sectional Study. PG - 7074829 LID - 10.1155/2016/7074829 [doi] LID - 7074829 AB - We compared the presence of diverse cytokines and regulatory T and B cells in skin biopsies of discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) and subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE). We included 19 patients with DLE, 13 with SCLE, 8 healthy controls, and 5 patients with hypertrophic scars. We assessed the CLASI activity score. To determine IL-22-producing cells and the subpopulation of CD4(+)/IL-17A(+)-, CD4(+)/IL-4(+)-, and CD4(+)/IFN-gamma (+)-expressing T cells, CD123(+)/IDO(+) pDCs, CD25(+)/Foxp3(+) Tregs, and CD20(+)/IL-10(+)-producing B cells, an immunostaining procedure was performed. Also intracellular IL-22, IL-17, IL-4, IFN-gamma, and Foxp3 in CD4 T cells, IL-10 in B cells, and IDO in pDCs were analyzed by flow cytometry in peripheral blood. The main cellular participation in both lupus groups was IL-17- and IL-22-producing cell responses both at skin and at peripheral blood but prevailed in DLE. The CLASI activity scores negatively correlated with Th22 subpopulation and positively correlated with CD25(+)/Foxp3(+) Treg cells. In conclusion a proinflammatory and regulatory imbalance coexists in cutaneous lupus, both responses being more intense in DLE. FAU - Mendez-Flores, Silvia AU - Mendez-Flores S AD - Department of Dermatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Colonia Belisario Dominguez Seccion XVI, 14080 Mexico City, DF, Mexico. FAU - Hernandez-Molina, Gabriela AU - Hernandez-Molina G AD - Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Colonia Belisario Dominguez Seccion XVI, 14080 Mexico City, DF, Mexico. FAU - Enriquez, Ana Bety AU - Enriquez AB AD - Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Colonia Belisario Dominguez Seccion XVI, 14080 Mexico City, DF, Mexico. FAU - Faz-Munoz, David AU - Faz-Munoz D AD - Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Colonia Belisario Dominguez Seccion XVI, 14080 Mexico City, DF, Mexico. FAU - Esquivel, Yeraldin AU - Esquivel Y AD - Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Colonia Belisario Dominguez Seccion XVI, 14080 Mexico City, DF, Mexico. FAU - Pacheco-Molina, Carlos AU - Pacheco-Molina C AD - Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Colonia Belisario Dominguez Seccion XVI, 14080 Mexico City, DF, Mexico. FAU - Furuzawa-Carballeda, Janette AU - Furuzawa-Carballeda J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5804-7221 AD - Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Colonia Belisario Dominguez Seccion XVI, 14080 Mexico City, DF, Mexico. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160306 PL - United States TA - Mediators Inflamm JT - Mediators of inflammation JID - 9209001 RN - 0 (Interleukin-17) RN - 0 (Interleukins) RN - 130068-27-8 (Interleukin-10) RN - 207137-56-2 (Interleukin-4) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Cross-Sectional Studies MH - Humans MH - Interferon-gamma/metabolism MH - Interleukin-10/metabolism MH - Interleukin-17/metabolism MH - Interleukin-4/metabolism MH - Interleukins/metabolism MH - Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous/*immunology/*metabolism MH - Middle Aged MH - T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/*immunology/*metabolism MH - Young Adult MH - Interleukin-22 PMC - PMC4799821 EDAT- 2016/04/05 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/31 06:00 PMCR- 2016/03/06 CRDT- 2016/04/05 06:00 PHST- 2015/12/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/02/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/02/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/04/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/04/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/03/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1155/2016/7074829 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mediators Inflamm. 2016;2016:7074829. doi: 10.1155/2016/7074829. Epub 2016 Mar 6.