TY - JOUR A1 - Dirks, Johannes A1 - Fischer, Jonas A1 - Haase, Gabriele A1 - Holl-Wieden, Annette A1 - Hofmann, Christine A1 - Girschick, Hermann A1 - Morbach, Henner T1 - CD21\(^{lo/−}\)CD27\(^−\)IgM\(^−\) Double-Negative B Cells Accumulate in the Joints of Patients With Antinuclear Antibody-Positive Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis JF - Frontiers in Pediatrics N2 - Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) encompasses a heterogeneous group of diseases. The appearance of antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) in almost half of the patients suggests B cell dysregulation as a distinct pathomechanism in these patients. Additionally, ANAs were considered potential biomarkers encompassing a clinically homogenous subgroup of JIA patients. However, in ANA+ JIA patients, the site of dysregulated B cell activation as well as the B cell subsets involved in this process is still unknown. Hence, in this cross-sectional study, we aimed in an explorative approach at characterizing potential divergences in B cell differentiation in ANA+ JIA patients by assessing the distribution of peripheral blood (PB) and synovial fluid (SF) B cell subpopulations using flow cytometry. The frequency of transitional as well as switched-memory B cells was higher in PB of JIA patients than in healthy controls. There were no differences in the distribution of B cell subsets between ANA- and ANA+ patients in PB. However, the composition of SF B cells was different between ANA- and ANA+ patients with increased frequencies of CD21\(^{lo/−}\)CD27\(^−\)IgM\(^−\) “double negative” (DN) B cells in the latter. DN B cells might be a characteristic subset expanding in the joints of ANA+ JIA patients and are potentially involved in the antinuclear immune response in these patients. The results of our explorative study might foster further research dissecting the pathogenesis of ANA+ JIA patients. KW - juvenile idiopathic arthritis KW - B cells KW - antinuclear antibodies KW - synovial fluid KW - double negative B cells Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-236286 SN - 2296-2360 VL - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fischer, Jonas A1 - Dirks, Johannes A1 - Klaussner, Julia A1 - Haase, Gabriele A1 - Holl-Wieden, Annette A1 - Hofmann, Christine A1 - Hackenberg, Stephan A1 - Girschick, Hermann A1 - Morbach, Henner T1 - Effect of clonally expanded PD-1\(^h\)\(^i\)\(^g\)\(^h\) CXCR5-CD4+ peripheral T Helper cells on B cell differentiation in the joints of patients with antinuclear antibody-positive juvenile idiopathic arthritis JF - Arthritis & Rheumatology N2 - Objective Antinuclear antibody (ANA)–positive juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is characterized by synovial B cell hyperactivity, but the precise role of CD4+ T cells in promoting local B cell activation is unknown. This study was undertaken to determine the phenotype and function of synovial CD4+ T cells that promote aberrant B cell activation in JIA. Methods Flow cytometry was performed to compare the phenotype and cytokine patterns of PD-1\(^h\)\(^i\)\(^g\)\(^h\)CD4+ T cells in the synovial fluid (SF) of patients with JIA and T follicular helper cells in the tonsils of control individuals. TCRVB next-generation sequencing was used to analyze T cell subsets for signs of clonal expansion. The functional impact of these T cell subsets on B cells was examined in cocultures in vitro. Results Multidimensional flow cytometry revealed the expansion of interleukin-21 (IL-21) and interferon-γ (IFNγ)–coexpressing PD-1\(^h\)\(^i\)\(^g\)\(^h\)CXCR5–HLA–DR+CD4+ T cells that accumulate in the joints of ANA-positive JIA patients. These T cells exhibited signs of clonal expansion with restricted T cell receptor clonotypes. The phenotype resembled peripheral T helper (Tph) cells with an extrafollicular chemokine receptor pattern and high T-bet and B lymphocyte–induced maturation protein 1 expression, but low B cell lymphoma 6 expression. SF Tph cells, by provision of IL-21 and IFNy, skewed B cell differentiation toward a CD21\(^l\)\(^o\)\(^w\)\(^/\)\(^-\)CD11c+ phenotype in vitro. Additionally, SF Tph cell frequencies correlated with the appearance of SF CD21\(^l\)\(^o\)\(^w\)\(^/\)\(^-\)CD11c+CD27–IgM– double-negative (DN) B cells in situ. KW - medicine Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-256607 VL - 74 IS - 1 ER - TY - THES A1 - Fischer, Michael Johannes T1 - Körperliche Leistungsfähigkeit bei Patienten mit HLA B27 positiver juveniler idiopathischer Arthritis in Remission T1 - Physical Fitness of Patients with HLA B 27 positive Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Remission N2 - Mit dieser Arbeit sollte untersucht werden, ob es eine Beeinträchtigung der körperlichen Leistungsfähigkeit bei Patienten bis zum 20. Lebensjahr mit inaktiver juveniler idiopathischer Arthritis bzw. einer Arthritis in Remission im Vergleich zu gesunden Gleichaltrigen gibt und wenn ja, ob ein Zusammenhang zu dem Eiweißkörper HLA B27 besteht. N2 - 1 Introduction 1.1 Definition 1.2 Goal of this Thesis 2 Material and Methods 2.1 Description of the Test Persons 2.1.1 HLA B27-positive Patients 2.1.2 HLA B27-negative Patients with Arthritis 2.1.3 Healthy Controlls 2.2 Order of Study 2.2.1 Information and physical Examination 2.2.2 Wingate Test 2.2.3 Questionaire and VAS 2.2.4 Stresstest for measuring the Aerob Capacity 2.3 Analysis 3 Results 3.1 Wingate Test 3.1.1 Entire Test Persons 3.1.2 Triplets 3.2 Questionaire and VAS 3.2.1 Entire Test Persons 3.2.2 Triplets 3.3 Stresstest 3.3.1 Entire Test Persons 3.3.2 Triplets 4 Discussion 4.1 Test Persons 4.2 Wingate Tes 4.3 Questionaire and VAS 4.4 Stresstest 4.5 Summary 5 Conclusion Abbreviations Attachments Literature KW - Juvenile chronische Arthritis KW - Körperliche Leistungsfähigkeit KW - HLA-System KW - Fitnesstest KW - HLA B 27 KW - Wingate Anaerobic Test KW - Stufentest KW - Aerobe Leistungsfähigkeit KW - Juvenile idiopathische Arthritis KW - Physical Fitness KW - Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis KW - HLA B 27 KW - Wingate Anaerobic Test KW - Stresstest Y1 - 2011 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-67301 ER -