PMID- 29165313 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180205 LR - 20220409 IS - 1945-4589 (Electronic) IS - 1945-4589 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 11 DP - 2017 Nov 20 TI - T-cell differentiation and CD56+ levels in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and neovascular age-related macular degeneration. PG - 2436-2452 LID - 10.18632/aging.101329 [doi] AB - Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are prevalent age-related diseases characterized by exudative changes in the macula. Although they share anatomical and clinical similarities, they are also distinctly characterized by their own features, e.g. vascular abnormalities in PCV and drusen-mediated progression in neovascular AMD. PCV remains etiologically uncharacterized, and ongoing discussion is whether PCV and neovascular AMD share the same etiology or constitute two substantially different diseases. In this study, we investigated T-cell differentiation and aging profile in human patients with PCV, patients with neovascular AMD, and age-matched healthy control individuals. Fresh venous blood was prepared for flow cytometry to investigate CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-cell differentiation (naive, central memory, effector memory, effector memory CD45ra(+)), loss of differentiation markers CD27 and CD28, and expression of aging marker CD56. Patients with PCV were similar to the healthy controls in all aspects. In patients with neovascular AMD we found significantly accelerated T-cell differentiation (more CD28(-)CD27(-) cells) and aging (more CD56(+) cells) in the CD8(+) T-cell compartment. These findings suggest that PCV and neovascular AMD are etiologically different in terms of T cell immunity, and that neovascular AMD is associated with T-cell immunosenescence. FAU - Subhi, Yousif AU - Subhi Y AD - Clinical Eye Research Division, Department of Ophthalmology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark. AD - Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Nielsen, Marie Krogh AU - Nielsen MK AD - Clinical Eye Research Division, Department of Ophthalmology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark. AD - Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Molbech, Christopher Rue AU - Molbech CR AD - Clinical Eye Research Division, Department of Ophthalmology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark. AD - Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Oishi, Akio AU - Oishi A AD - Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Singh, Amardeep AU - Singh A AD - Clinical Eye Research Division, Department of Ophthalmology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark. AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Skane University Hospital Malmo-Lund, Lund, Sweden. FAU - Nissen, Mogens Holst AU - Nissen MH AD - Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. AD - Eye Research Unit, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. FAU - Sorensen, Torben Lykke AU - Sorensen TL AD - Clinical Eye Research Division, Department of Ophthalmology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark. AD - Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Aging (Albany NY) JT - Aging JID - 101508617 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (CD28 Antigens) RN - 0 (CD56 Antigen) RN - 0 (NCAM1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 7) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Biomarkers/blood MH - CD28 Antigens/blood MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology/metabolism MH - CD56 Antigen/*blood MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/*immunology/metabolism MH - Case-Control Studies MH - *Cell Differentiation MH - *Cellular Senescence MH - Choroidal Neovascularization/blood/*immunology/pathology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Immunosenescence MH - Macular Degeneration/blood/*immunology/pathology MH - Male MH - *Neovascularization, Pathologic MH - Prospective Studies MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Superfamily, Member 7/blood PMC - PMC5723695 OTO - NOTNLM OT - T-cells OT - age-related macular degeneration OT - immunosenescence OT - polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Author Y.S. has previously received travel grant for conferences from Novartis and Bayer (not in relation to this work). Author M.K.N. has previously received travel grant for conference from Novartis (not in relation to this work). Author C.R.M. has previously received a travel grant from Bayer (not in relation to this work). Author A.S. has previously received travel grant for conferences from Novartis and speaker honoraria from Bayer (not in relation to this work). Author A.O. has received grants from Novartis and Alcon, and speaker honoraria from Novartis and Bayer (not in relation to this work). Authors M.H.S. and T.L.S. declare that no potential conflicts of interests exist in relation to this work. EDAT- 2017/11/23 06:00 MHDA- 2018/02/06 06:00 PMCR- 2017/11/01 CRDT- 2017/11/23 06:00 PHST- 2017/09/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/11/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/11/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/02/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/11/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 101329 [pii] AID - 10.18632/aging.101329 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Aging (Albany NY). 2017 Nov 20;9(11):2436-2452. doi: 10.18632/aging.101329.