PMID- 30001408 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190108 LR - 20190108 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 7 DP - 2018 TI - Identification of changes in dendritic cell subsets that correlate with disease severity in dengue infection. PG - e0200564 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0200564 [doi] LID - e0200564 AB - Dengue virus (DENV) is the most prevalent arthropod-borne viral disease in humans. DENV causes a spectrum of illness ranging from mild to potentially severe complications. Dendritic cells (DCs) play a critical role in initiating and regulating highly effective antiviral immune response that include linking innate and adaptive immune responses. This study was conducted to comparatively characterize in detail the relative proportion, phenotypic changes, and maturation profile of subsets of both myeloid DCs (mDCs) and plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) in children with dengue fever (DF), dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and for purposes of control healthy individuals. The mDCs (Lin-CD11c+CD123lo), the pDCs (Lin-CD11c-CD123+) and the double negative (DN) subset (Lin-/HLA-DR+/CD11c-CD123-) were analyzed by polychromatic flow cytometry. The data were first analyzed on blood samples collected from DENV-infected patients at various times post-infection. Results showed that the relative proportion of mDCs were significantly decreased which was associated with an increase in disease severity in samples from DENV-infected patients. While there was no significant difference in the relative proportion of pDCs between healthy and DENV-infected patients, there was a marked increase in the DN subset. Analysis of the kinetics of changes of pDCs showed that there was an increase but only during the early febrile phase. Additionally, samples from patients during acute disease showed marked decreases in the relative proportion of CD141+ and CD16+ mDC subsets that were the major mDC subsets in healthy individuals. In addition, there was a significant decrease in the level of CD33-expressing mDCs in DENV patients. While the pDCs showed an up-regulation of maturation profile during acute DENV infection, the mDCs showed an alteration of maturation status. This study suggests that different relative proportion and phenotypic changes as well as alteration of maturation profile of DC subsets may play a critical role in the dengue pathogenesis and disease outcome. FAU - Lertjuthaporn, Sakaorat AU - Lertjuthaporn S AD - Graduate Program in Immunology, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. FAU - Khowawisetsut, Ladawan AU - Khowawisetsut L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1585-495X AD - Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. FAU - Keawvichit, Rassamon AU - Keawvichit R AD - Graduate Program in Immunology, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. FAU - Polsrila, Korakot AU - Polsrila K AD - Department of Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. FAU - Chuansumrit, Ampaiwan AU - Chuansumrit A AD - Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. FAU - Chokephaibulkit, Kulkanya AU - Chokephaibulkit K AD - Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. FAU - Thitilertdecha, Premrutai AU - Thitilertdecha P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1853-4073 AD - Research Group in Immunobiology and Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. FAU - Onlamoon, Nattawat AU - Onlamoon N AD - Research Group in Immunobiology and Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. FAU - Ansari, Aftab A AU - Ansari AA AD - Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. FAU - Pattanapanyasat, Kovit AU - Pattanapanyasat K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1037-6610 AD - Graduate Program in Immunology, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. AD - Department of Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180712 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Antigens, CD/*immunology MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/pathology MH - Dengue/*immunology/pathology MH - Dengue Virus/*immunology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Myeloid Cells/*immunology/pathology PMC - PMC6042784 COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2018/07/13 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/09 06:00 PMCR- 2018/07/12 CRDT- 2018/07/13 06:00 PHST- 2018/03/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/06/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/07/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/07/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/07/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-18-07932 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0200564 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2018 Jul 12;13(7):e0200564. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200564. eCollection 2018.