The number of the intraepithelial T cells correlate with the proliferation index in human bulbourethral gland epithelium

Tatiana V. Boronikhina, Gennadii A. Piavchenko*, Artem A. Venediktov, Ekaterina Kustavinova, Svetlana G. Mukhamedova, Natalia Kartashkina, Sergey L. Kuznetsov, Igor Meglinski, Alexander N. Yatskovskiy

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Abstract

Background: Our study has immunohistochemically examined T cells localization and number as well as proliferative activity level for the bulbourethral gland epithelium in men of different ages, using monoclonal antibodies against CD45RO and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). Results: We have found that the T cells have been localized mainly in excretory ducts epithelium of the glands in any age group, meanwhile their relative number varies with age. The excretory ducts epithelium has shown a high proliferative activity when in acini the PCNA index has been low. Postnatal dynamics of the epithelium proliferative activity positively correlates with age-related density fluctuations in lymphocytic infiltration of the glands. Conclusions: We consider that intraepithelial T cells may contribute to the regulation of epithelial cells proliferation in the bulbourethral glands.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere11658
Number of pages6
JournalHeliyon
Volume8
Issue number11
Early online date17 Nov 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2022

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© 2022 The Author(s).This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Keywords

  • Epithelial proliferation
  • Human bulbourethral glands
  • Lymphocytic infiltration
  • Proliferating cell nuclear antigen
  • T cells

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