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Determination of platelet activation markers expression in the pathophysiology of thrombotic states
Řádek, Martin ; Kvasnička, Tomáš (advisor) ; Dulíček, Petr (referee) ; Říhová, Lucie (referee)
Background/Aims: Thrombophilia, ie an increased predisposition to venous and arterial thrombosis, is a complex disease caused by disorders of platelets and endothelial, among others. Circulating endothelial cells (CEC) and endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) have been described as markers of endothelial damage and dysfunction, respectively as markers of its recovery in many diseases, including thrombotic complications. However, their significance in patients with known thrombophilia has not yet been investigated. Both CEC and EPC represent extremely rare cell populations found in peripheral blood. Therefore, it is essential to use exclusively standardized and sensitive methods for their identification and quantification. The aim of the study was to identify and quantify CEC and EPC in the peripheral blood of patients with congenital thrombophilia and to evaluate their importance as markers of endothelial and platelet activity in context with the risk of thrombosis occuring and recurrence. Methods: Analysis of the number of CEC and EPC in the peripheral blood of patients with thrombophilia with or without a history of thrombosis and patients with acute thrombosis was performed by multicolor flow cytometry. The CEC and EPC reference values were determined on a group of healthy controls. Patients with...
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Differences in immunophenotype of CD27+ B lymphocyte subpopulations in healthy controls and patients with various immunopathologies
Valatová, Pavla ; Růžičková, Šárka (advisor) ; Petanová, Jitka (referee)
The immune system will maintain the integrity of the organism from harmful non-malicious recognizes and protects the body against exo- and endogenous toxic substances and together with the nervous and endocrine system are among regulatory systems of the organism. Recently the evidence has supported the emerging concept of different B cell subpopulations to play a direct or indirect role in a pathogenesis of spectrum of disorders. However, so far the knowledge has been limited mainly in the way of how the specific differentiation stages of B lymphocytes are involved in pathogenesis of diseases and how course of disease, stage, and eventually different treatment can affect B cell homeostasis. This work is focused on the study of peripheral CD27+ B lymphocytes (one of the least explored human B lymphocytes) in healthy controls and patients with various immunopathologies, in this case we present representative results for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Using polychromatic flow cytometry we examined 31 of peripheral blood samples, including 14 controls, 7 patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and 5 with ulcerative colitis (UC). In 6 patients with CD, we were able to perform immunophenotyping also 2 hours after intravenous administration of infliximab, and in one patient 14 days after drug...
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Changes in distribution of B lymphocyte subpopulations in patients with Crohn disease before and after biological therapy
Suchá, Renata ; Růžičková, Šárka (advisor) ; Krulová, Magdaléna (referee)
B-lymphocytes are lymphoid cells, which are a part of the adaptive/innate immune system and generate antibodies. Recently, many studies have supported hypothesis that different rather minor B-lymphocyte subpopulations may play a direct and indirect role in immunopathogenesis in human pathologies such as Crohn's disease (CD). The aim of current study was therefore to investigate distribution of frequencies of B lymphocyte subpopulations (from transient to mature effector B cell stages) in peripheral blood of healthy subjects (CO), patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Thus, using 11-colour flow cytometry we have analysed 30 blood samples of individuals, including 14 healthy controls, 11 patients with Crohn's disease and 5 with UC. In 6 patients with CD we have had an opportunity to analyze blood samples collected 2 hours after an administration of anti-TNF therapy. Higher frequencies of memory B-lymphocytes (CD19+ CD27+ , CD19+ CD20+ CD27+ and CD19+ CD20+ CD27+ IgM+) were found in patients with CD as compared to COs. (20.06±13.58%; 17.61±13.48%; 88.60±20.56% vs. 11.75±26.47%; 11.25±26.50%; and 66.82±22.60%), in case of CD19+CD20-CD27-IgM+ B-lymphocytes the difference was statistically significant (57.15±17.21% in CD vs. 19.59±31.79% in CO; p=0.0341), which is in accordance...
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