Abstract:Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL) is a syndrome of unknown etiology characterized by low peripheral CD4 T cell counts and susceptibility to opportunistic infections. One hypothesis for its etiology is trapping of T cells in effector sites. 11 ICL patients and 16 healthy controls (HC) underwent colonic biopsies for CD3, CD4, and CD8 T cell enumeration by flow cytometry (FC) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) in lamia propria (LP). Mucosal IL17+ CD4 T cells were assessed after PMA/ionomycin stimulation. Plasma le… Show more
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