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Differential expression of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-4 delta 2 mRNA, but not transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), TGF-beta RII, Foxp3, gamma interferon, T-bet, or GATA-3 mRNA, in patients with fast and slow responses to antituberculosis treatment.


ABSTRACT: This study investigated interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-4 delta 2, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), TGF-beta RII, Foxp3, GATA-3, T-bet, and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) transcription in peripheral blood samples of adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients prior to and after 1 week of therapy. Twenty patients with positive results for sputum culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis were enrolled and treated with directly observed short-course antituberculosis chemotherapy. Early treatment response was assessed. At the end of the intensive phase of treatment (month 2), 12 patients remained sputum culture positive (slow responders) and 8 converted to a negative culture (fast responders). Only the expression levels of IL-4 (4-fold decrease) and IL-4 delta 2 (32-fold increase) changed significantly during the first week of therapy in the 20 patients. No baseline differences were present between the responder groups, but fast responders had significantly higher IL-4 transcripts than slow responders at week 1. Fast responders showed a 19-fold upregulation and slow responders a 47-fold upregulation of IL-4 delta 2 at week 1. Only slow responders also showed a significant decrease in IL-4 expression at week 1. There were no significant differences in expression of TGF-beta, TGF-beta RII, Foxp3, IFN-gamma, and GATA-3 between the groups. These data show that differential IL-4-related gene expression in the early stage of antituberculosis treatment accompanies differential treatment responses and may hold promise as a marker for treatment effect.

SUBMITTER: Djoba Siawaya JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2519297 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Differential expression of interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-4 delta 2 mRNA, but not transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), TGF-beta RII, Foxp3, gamma interferon, T-bet, or GATA-3 mRNA, in patients with fast and slow responses to antituberculosis treatment.

Djoba Siawaya Joel Fleury JF   Bapela Nchinya Bennedict NB   Ronacher Katharina K   Beyers Nulda N   van Helden Paul P   Walzl Gerhard G  

Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI 20080625 8


This study investigated interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-4 delta 2, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), TGF-beta RII, Foxp3, GATA-3, T-bet, and gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) transcription in peripheral blood samples of adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients prior to and after 1 week of therapy. Twenty patients with positive results for sputum culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis were enrolled and treated with directly observed short-course antituberculosis chemotherapy. Early treatment response  ...[more]

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