Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Relationship of regulatory T cells to Plasmodium falciparum malaria symptomatology in a hypoendemic region

Relationship of regulatory T cells to Plasmodium falciparum malaria symptomatology in a hypoendemic region

Torres Fajardo, Katherine Jessica; Villasis Mayuri, Elizabeth Melisa; Bendezú, Jorge; Chauca, José; Vinetz, Joseph Michael; Gamboa Vilela, Dionicia Baziliza
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/8078
Fecha: 2014

Resumen:

Background: Previous data have suggested that regulatory T cells (Tregs) balance protective immune responses with immune mediated pathology in malaria. This study aimed to determine to test the hypothesis that Treg proportions or absolute levels are associated with parasitaemia and malaria symptoms. Methods. Treg cells were quantified by flow cytometry as CD4+ CD25+, Foxp3+, CD127 low T cells. Three patient groups were assessed: patients with symptomatic Plasmodium falciparum malaria (S), subjects with asymptomatic P. falciparum parasitaemia (AS) and uninfected control individuals (C). Results: S, AS and C groups had similar absolute numbers and percentage of Tregs (3.9%, 3.5% and 3.5% respectively). Levels of parasitaemia were not associated with Treg percentage (p = 0.47). Conclusion: Neither relative nor absolute regulatory T cell numbers were found to be associated with malaria-related symptomatology in this study. Immune mechanisms other than Tregs are likely to be responsible for the state of asymptomatic P. falciparum parasitaemia in the Peruvian Amazon; but further study to explore these mechanisms is needed.

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