AI Article Synopsis

  • The study focused on understanding the immune environment in Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and how it relates to the need for second-line steroid therapy within two years after diagnosis.
  • It involved analyzing tissue samples from 72 cases, comparing normal mucosa to UC cases, as well as looking at differences between patients requiring steroid therapy and those who did not.
  • Findings revealed that UC had increased immune markers and lower BTLA levels compared to normal tissues, and that those requiring steroids showed significant differences in specific immune cell populations, suggesting immune imbalance plays a role in UC and its treatment needs.

Article Abstract

We aimed to characterize the mucosal immune microenvironment and immune checkpoint of Ulcerative colitis (UC) by immunohistochemistry with correlation to prognosis: requirement of second-line steroid-therapy within the 2-years after diagnosis (SR). A series of 72 cases included 56 UC, 43 non-SR (with first-line treatment 5-ASA) and 13 SR, 11 infectious colitis and 5 normal colonic biopsies. Normal mucosa was characterized by low infiltrates but high BTLA and TNFRSF14. Compared to normal, UC had increased pan-immune-markers of CD3, CD8, FOXP3, PD-1, CD68, CD16, CD163, PTX3 and CD11C but had decreased BTLA (P < 0.05); by GSEA analysis comparable results were found in an independent UC gene-expression-data set (GSE38713). Compared to infectious, UC had higher CD4, CD8, PTX3 and CD11C but lower BTLA (P < 0.05). Compared to non-SR, SR had lower FOXP3 + Tregs (Odds-Ratio = 0.114, P = 0.002), PD-1 (OR = 0.176, P = 0.002) and CD163/CD68 M2-ratio (OR, 0.019, P = 0.019) but higher CD68 + pan-macrophages (OR = 6.034, P = 0.002). Higher Baron endoscopic and Geboes histologic disease activity scores also correlated with SR. In summary, UC was characterized by increased pan-immune-markers, normal TNFRSF14 and low BTLA. SR had increased CD68 + pan-macrophages but lower immune inhibitors of FOXP3 + Tregs, PD-1 and CD163/CD68 M2-macrophage ratio. In conclusion, alterations of the immune homeostasis mechanisms are relevant in the UC pathogenesis and steroid-requiring situation.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/pin.12794DOI Listing

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