PMID- 32506479 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210824 LR - 20210824 IS - 1440-1711 (Electronic) IS - 0818-9641 (Linking) VI - 98 IP - 8 DP - 2020 Sep TI - CXCL8(high) inflammatory B cells in the peripheral blood of patients with biliary atresia are involved in disease progression. PG - 682-692 LID - 10.1111/imcb.12366 [doi] AB - Biliary atresia (BA), the most common cause of pediatric end-stage liver disease, results from fibroinflammatory obstruction of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts. The etiology of BA has been extensively studied, and inflammation and imbalanced immune system have been identified as the main pathogenesis of BA. B cells play roles in innate and adaptive immunity, but few studies have investigated the role of B cells in BA. This study aimed to elucidate the role of B cells in the development of BA. The percentage and numbers of total B cells (23.81 +/- 11.14%,P < 0.0001, 1.22 +/- 0.67 x 10(9) L(-1) , P = 0.0014) and immature B cells (25.33 +/- 14.32%, P = 0.0013, 0.19 +/- 0.20 x 10(9) L(-1) , P < 0.0001) were significantly increased in the peripheral blood of patients with BA and the number of total B cells was positively correlated with gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase in the serum of BA. High C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 8 (CXCL8) levels were detected in the serum of patients with BA. As an important source of CXCL8, B cells from patients with BA secreted more CXCL8 into peripheral blood than those from control patients. Moreover, immature B cells can secrete more CXCL8 than mature B cells, and B cells secreted CXCL8 upon activation of the nuclear factor-kappaB pathway. Taken together, the results revealed that B cells have a strong ability to secrete CXCL8, which is associated with the pathogenesis of BA, and exert a proinflammatory effect on the development of BA. CI - (c) 2020 Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology Inc. FAU - Zhang, Yu AU - Zhang Y AD - Department of Liver Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Zhou, Lin AU - Zhou L AD - Shanghai Institute of Immunology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Gu, Guangxiang AU - Gu G AD - Department of Liver Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Feng, Mingxuan AU - Feng M AD - Department of Liver Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Ding, Xuping AU - Ding X AD - Shanghai Institute of Immunology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Xia, Qiang AU - Xia Q AD - Department of Liver Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. FAU - Lu, Liming AU - Lu L AD - Shanghai Institute of Immunology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200913 PL - United States TA - Immunol Cell Biol JT - Immunology and cell biology JID - 8706300 RN - 0 (CXCL8 protein, human) RN - 0 (Interleukin-8) SB - IM MH - B-Lymphocytes/*immunology MH - *Biliary Atresia/immunology MH - Child MH - Disease Progression MH - End Stage Liver Disease MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-8/*blood MH - Severity of Illness Index OTO - NOTNLM OT - B cell OT - Biliary atresia OT - CXCL8 EDAT- 2020/06/09 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/25 06:00 CRDT- 2020/06/08 06:00 PHST- 2020/02/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/05/25 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/06/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/06/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/06/08 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/imcb.12366 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunol Cell Biol. 2020 Sep;98(8):682-692. doi: 10.1111/imcb.12366. Epub 2020 Sep 13.