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- Phenotypic Characteristics of Natural Killer Cells in Acute Hepatitis
- Hyosun Cho
- J. Microbiol. 2013;51(2):247-251. Published online April 27, 2013
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-013-2522-1
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Abstract
- Natural killer (NK) cells are the principal effector cell population in innate immune defense against many types of infections. These cells are enriched in the liver, where they comprise approximately 40% to 60% of the intrahepatic lymphocyte pool compared to the peripheral blood compartment. In chronic HBV and HCV infection, NK cells were reported to be partially dysfunctional due to impaired IFN-γ secretion. Few studies have examined phenotypic features of NK cells in acute hepatitis. We identified NK (CD56+CD3-) cell populations in patients with acute hepatitis by examining the expressions of phenotypic NK cell markers (CD16, NKG2A, and NKG2D). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from patients with acute hepatitis A (7) and patients with non-viral acute toxic hepatitis (6) during the symptomatic and convalescent phases. Expressions of NK (CD56+CD3-) cell markers, CD16, NKG2A, and NKG2D, were measured by flow cytometry. Symptomatic acute hepatitis including non-viral hepatitis and HAV infection showed significant increases of NKG2A expression compared to healthy controls. Interestingly, there was a direct correlation between the proportion of NK cell populations and liver function parameters (AST, ALT) in HAV infection. The strong correlation was also observed between the expression of NKG2A+NK cells and ALT, which suggests that most of NK cells in severe phase of disease express high level of NKG2A on their surface. In addition, decreased number of NK cells (CD56+CD3-) in symptomatic phase began to increase in the convalescent phase of acute hepatitis A. However, the expression of NKG2A tended to be reduced, which indicates that NKG2A, the inhibitory receptor on NK cells, can be a severity parameter in acute hepatitis.
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