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The soluble forms of CD28, CD86 and CTLA-4 constitute possible immunological markers in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm.Sakthivel P, Shively V, Kakoulidou M, Pearce W, Lefvert AK Immunological Research Laboratory, Center for Molecular Medicine (L8:00), Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. OBJECTIVE: The T cell co-stimulatory factors CD28 and CTLA-4 and their ligands CD80 and CD86 occur as receptors on T cells and antigen-presenting cells and also in soluble forms in the circulation. We determined the levels of soluble co-stimulatory molecules in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and normal individuals. We further correlated these soluble co-stimulatory molecules to other clinical parameters of importance such as age of the patient, presence of hypertension, size of the aneurysm and levels of matrix metalloproteinases-9 and C-reactive protein. DESIGN, SETTING, SUBJECTS: This case-control study was designed to quantify the circulating levels of soluble co-stimulatory molecules by an in-house enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. A total of 314 subjects participated in the study including 100 patients and 214 normal controls. The statistical analysis was performed by Mann-Whitney test and Spearman's correlation rank test. RESULTS: Our results show increased plasma levels of sCD28, sCD86 (P = 0.0001) and decreased plasma levels of sCTLA-4 (P = 0.0018) in the patients compared with normal individuals. The levels of these factors were not related to the age of the patient, size of aneurysm or levels of C-reactive protein in plasma. There was, however, a significant inverse relationship between the concentrations of sCTLA-4 and sCD80 with matrix metalloproteinase-9. CONCLUSIONS: We suggest that soluble co-stimulatory molecules serve as biomarkers for the estimation of immune activation in AAA patients. Published 29 March 2007 in J Intern Med, 261(4): 399-407.
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