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Background  Two different Th2 subsets have been defined recently on the basis of IL-5 expression – an IL-5 + Th2 subset and an IL-5 − Th2 subset in the setting of allergy. However, the role of these newly described CD4 +  T cells subpopulations has not been explored in other contexts.    Methods  To study the role of the Th2 subpopulation in a chronic, tissue invasive parasitic infection (lymphatic filariasis), we examined the frequency of IL-5 + IL-4 + IL-13 +  CD4 +  T cells and IL-5 − IL-4 IL-13 +  CD4 +  T cells in asymptomatic, infected individuals (INF) and compared them to frequencies (F o ) in filarial-uninfected (UN) individuals and to those with filarial lymphedema (CP).    Results  INF individuals exhibited a significant increase in the spontaneously expressed and antigen-induced F o  of both Th2 subpopulations compared to the UN and CP. Interestingly, there was a positive correlation between the F o  of IL-5 + Th2 cells and the absolute eosinophil and neutrophil counts; in addition there was a positive correlation between the frequency of the CD4 + IL-5 − Th2 subpopulation and the levels of parasite antigen – specific IgE and IgG4 in INF individuals. Moreover, blockade of IL-10 and/or TGFβ demonstrated that each of these 2 regulatory cytokines exert opposite effects on the different Th2 subsets. Finally, in those INF individuals cured of infection by anti-filarial therapy, there was a significantly decreased F o  of both Th2 subsets.    Conclusions  Our findings suggest that both IL-5 +  and IL-5 − Th2 cells play an important role in the regulation of immune responses in filarial infection and that these two Th2 subpopulations may be regulated by different cytokine-receptor mediated processes.

plos neglected tropical diseases

Parasite-Antigen Driven Expansion of IL-5− and IL-5+ Th2 Human Subpopulations in Lymphatic Filariasis and Their Differential Dependence on IL-10 and TGFβ