Preterm neonates show marked leukopenia and lymphopenia that are associated with increased regulatory T-cell values and diminished IL-7.

Abstract:

INTRODUCTION:Current advances in neonatology have improved survival among preterm and low-birth-weight infants. However, the risk of neonatal death in preterm infants is much greater than in full-term neonates and is frequently associated with infections. METHODS:Little is known about the immune status of preterm neonates; therefore, we analyzed the frequency and absolute counts of different immune populations in 211 cord blood samples taken from very-preterm to full-term neonates. RESULTS:We found that absolute counts of all the immune subsets analyzed (i.e., monocytes, granulocytes, B cells, natural killer (NK) cells, CD4(+), and CD8(+) T cells) were markedly lower in preterm infants than in full-term infants. Surprisingly, we observed that regulatory T cells (Tregs) were the only cell subset that did not decrease in preterm infants, and their frequency was even higher than in full-term infants. DISCUSSION:Tregs are crucial to maternal-fetal tolerance, but their suppressive role could be also implicated in the leukopenia observed in preterm infants. We did not observe differences in thymic function, but we found that plasma levels of interleukin (IL)-7 and the frequency of its receptor were significantly decreased in preterm infants. Our results could help to identify leukopenia and to implement immune therapies that significantly diminish mortality in preterm neonates.

journal_name

Pediatr Res

journal_title

Pediatric research

authors

Correa-Rocha R,Pérez A,Lorente R,Ferrando-Martínez S,Leal M,Gurbindo D,Muñoz-Fernández MÁ

doi

10.1038/pr.2012.6

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-05-01 00:00:00

pages

590-7

issue

5

eissn

0031-3998

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1530-0447

pii

pr20126

journal_volume

71

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