assessment of t cell activation in a mouse model of traumatic facial nerve injury

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    摘要 ObjectiveToinvestigateTcellactivationfollowingfacialnerveaxotomizationandlatentneuroimmunologicmechanismsintraumaticfacialparalysis.MethodsAmurinemodeloffacialnervetransactionwasused.LymphocytesfromcervicalandmesentericlymphnodesinBABL/cmiceatspecifictimeswerecollectedandexpressionratesofCD69onTcellswereassessedbyflowcytometry.ResultsInfiltratingTcellsweredetectedaroundthefacialneuronsinthefacialnervenucleusinmicewhosefacialnervewastransected.ImmunofluorescentstainingshowedrecruitmentofactivatedTcells.Threedayspost-facialnervetransection,theexpressionrateofCD69onTcellsfromcervicaldraininglymphoidnodes(CDLNs)wassignificantlydifferentfromthatonTcellsfrommesentericlymphnodes(MLNs)(P=0.0457),whereasthelatterwassimilartothatinanimalsundergoingshamsurgeriesandthatinblankcontrolanimals(p=0.2817and0.2724,respectively).Twoweekspost-nervetransection,theTcellCD69expressionratefromCDLNsremainedatahigherlevelandthanthatinthesham-operationanimals(p=0.0007).Attwoweeks,CD69expressionrateonTcellsfromMLNswasalsoup-regulatedanddifferentcomparedwiththesham-operationanimalsandwithitselfatthreedayspost-operation(p=0.0082and0.0133,respectively).ConclusionTcellsappeartobeactivatedandup-regulatedinCDLNsfollowingfacialnervetransection.ThereisevenevidenceofTcellactivationinMLNsat2weekspost-nervetransection.Thissuggestesanalterationofimmuneresponsefromlocaltogeneralimmunityintheacutestageoffacialnervetrauma,whichmayhelpcoordinatingandcontrollingthescalesandorientationoftheneuroimmuneresponseduringthepathogenesisandprogressionoffacialnervetrauma.
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    出版日期 2010年02月12日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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