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Dysregulated T cell responses play an important role in several inflammatory diseases of the intestine, but the extend of T cell dysregulation in appendicitis in children is less well known.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To characterize appendiceal T cells in simple and complex appendicitis we performed in-depth immunophenotyping of appendiceal-derived T cells by flow cytometry and correlated this to appendiceal-derived microbiota analyses of the same patient.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Appendix samples of twenty children with appendicitis (n = 8 simple, n = 12 complex) were collected. T cells in complex appendicitis displayed an increased differentiated phenotype compared to simple appendicitis, including a loss of both CD27 and CD28 by CD4\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      T cells and to a lesser extent by CD8\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      T cells. Frequencies of phenotypic tissue-resident memory CD69\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      CD4\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      T cells and CD69\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      CD8\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      T cells were decreased in children with complex compared to simple appendicitis, indicating disruption of local tissue-resident immune responses. In line with the increased differentiated phenotype, cytokine production of in particular IL-17A by CD4\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      T cells was increased in children with complex compared to simple appendicitis. Furthermore, frequencies of IL-17A\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      CD4\n                      <jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup>\n                      T cells correlated with a dysregulation of the appendiceal microbiota in children with complex appendicitis.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In conclusion, disruption of local T cell responses, and enhanced pro-inflammatory Th17 responses correlating to changes in the appendiceal microbiota were observed in children with complex compared to simple appendicitis. Further studies are needed to decipher the role of a dysregulated network of microbiota and Th17 cells in the development of complex appendicitis in children.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fimmu.2023.1258363","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,4]],"date-time":"2024-01-04T00:03:28Z","timestamp":1704326608000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Enhanced Th17 responses in the appendix of children with complex compared to simple appendicitis are associated with microbial dysbiosis"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Sarah-May M. L.","family":"The","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ren\u00e9e R. C. 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