Unbalanced Expression of ICOS and PD-1 in Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
Open Access
- 1 October 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Scientific Reports
- Vol. 9 (1), 1-9
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50479-4
Abstract
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) likely results from humoral immune abnormalities. The role that helper T cells play in the pathogenesis of this disease is not fully understood. To ascertain the clinical significance of two important costimulatory molecules required for T-cell activation in the peripheral blood of patients with NMOSD, we examined the expression levels of a membrane- and soluble-type inducible costimulatory molecule (ICOS), its ligand (ICOSL), programmed death-1 (PD-1), and its ligand (PD-L1) in the peripheral blood of 30 patients with NMOSD and compared these levels with those in patients with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM), those with optic neuritis (ON), and healthy controls (HCs). Our results showed that the ICOS/ICOSL and PD-1/PD-L1 pathways may play important roles in the early stages of NMOSD pathogenesis. ICOS and PD-1 are potential therapeutic targets and valuable biomarkers for the differential diagnosis of early-stage NMOSD.Keywords
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