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Query: UMLS:C0021831 (enteropathy)
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An aberrant T cell population is the basis for diagnosis of refractory coeliac disease and determines the risk of enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma. This disease is serious with a poor survival. Pathogenetic mechanisms sustaining aberrant T cell proliferation remain unknown. Recently, alemtuzumab has been proposed as a promising new approach to treat these patients. Only few single cases have been tested at present; nevertheless, in all the cases a clinical improvement was observed. However, whether intraepithelial lymphocytes have been targeted effectively by alemtuzumab is still debated. This study reports, using two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis (2D DIGE), hyperexpressed proteins associated specifically with aberrant T cells found in a patient with coeliac disease by comparison of the protein expression of this sample with that of patients with coeliac disease and polyclonal T cells or with control subjects. The data demonstrated a significantly higher expression of IgM, apolipoprotein C-III and Charcot-Leyden crystal proteins in a duodenal biopsy specimen of the patient with clonal T cells compared with that of other patients. These preliminary results allow hypothesizing different clinical effects of alemtuzumab in patients with coeliac disease and aberrant T cell proliferation, because as well as the probable effect on T cells, alemtuzumab could exert its effect by acting on inflammatory associated CD52(+) IgM(+) B cells and eosinophil cells, known to produce IgM and Charcot-Leyden crystal proteins, that we demonstrated to be altered in this patient. The results also emphasize the possible association of apolipoprotein with aberrant T cell proliferation.
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PMID:Proteins specifically hyperexpressed in a coeliac disease patient with aberrant T cells. 1733 57

One complication of celiac disease (CD) is refractory CD. These patients frequently show aberrant intraepithelial T cell clones and an increasing risk of evolution into enteropathy-associated T cell lymphoma (EATL). There is debate in the literature whether these cases are actually a smoldering lymphoma from the outset. The mechanism inducing T cell proliferation and prognosis remains unknown. Recently, alemtuzumab has been proposed as a promising new approach to treat these patients. Only few single cases have been tested presently, nevertheless, in all of them a clinical improvement has been observed, while intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) effectively targeted by alemtuzumab are still a debated issue. Using 2D-DIGE, we found hyperexpressed proteins specifically associated with aberrant T cell in a patient with CD by comparing the protein expression with that of patients with CD and polyclonal T cell or with that of control subjects (patients with polyclonal T cell and no CD). Proteins with a higher expression in duodenal biopsy of the patient with aberrant T cell were identified as IgM, apolipoprotein C-III, and Charcot-Leyden crystal proteins. These preliminary data allow hypothesizing different clinical effects of alemtuzumab in patients with CD, since besides the probable effect of alemtuzumab on T cell, it could effect inflammatory-associated CD52(+) IgM(+)B cell and eosinophils cells, known to produce IgM and Charcot-Leyden crystal proteins, which we demonstrated to be altered in this patient. Results also emphasize the possible association of apolipoprotein with aberrant T cell proliferation.
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PMID:Protein expression profile of celiac disease patient with aberrant T cell by two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis. 1778 32