Today there are no tests that allow to make a precise differential diagnosis between uveitis from presumed tuberculous origin and uveitis by sarcoidosis. Therefore, with this study, investigators aim to identify, in the aqueous humor and in the blood of participants (patients that suffering from one of these two forms of uveitis) the presence of immunologic markers that distinguish between uveitis of tuberculous etiology and uveitis by sarcoidosis.
Both tuberculosis and sarcoidosis are chronic, multi-systemic and granulomatous pathologies that have very similar pulmonary and extra-pulmonary manifestations, and even in the case of ocular involvement it has been shown that many features of intraocular TB can also be found in participants with ocular sarcoidosis. In this monocentric observational study investigators are asking to the participants with granulomatous uveitis, in which a tuberculosis or sarcoidosis origin is suspected and who will have undergo paracentesis of the anterior chamber, to grant part of the aqueous humor and a blood sample for this study. The collected samples will be analyzed as follow: 1. Determination of the concentration of various cytokines, chemokines and growth factors in aqueous humor and in the plasma. 2. Analysis of the mononuclear cells ( T helper lymphocytes CD3+ (CD3 is the acronym of cluster of differentiation 3: a glycoprotein found on the surface of immune cells) and CD4+ ((CD4 is the acronym of cluster of differentiation 4), T cytotoxic lymphocytes CD3+ CD8+ (CD8 is the acronym of cluster of differentiation 8) , B lymphocytes CD19+ (CD19 is the acronym of cluster of differentiation 19), Natural killer lymphocytes CD56+ (CD56 is the acronym of cluster of differentiation 56) and CD3- and monocytes CD14+ (CD14 is the acronym of cluster of differentiation 14) present in the aqueous humor by cytofluorimetry. 3. Evaluation of the presence of anti-human HSP70 antibodies in plasma samples by Western blot immunoprecipitation assays. 4. Whenever possible (adequate number of cells), in vitro stimulation of mononuclear cells in aqueous humor with epitopes of tuberculosis mycobacterium antigens and the analysis of cytokines production in the supernatants.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
31
The collected samples will be analyzed as follow: 1. Determination of the concentration of various cytokines, chemokines and groeth factors in aqueous humor and in the plasma. 2. Analysis of the mononuclear cells ( T helper lymphocytes CD3+ and CD4+, T cytotoxic lymphocytes CD3+ CD8+, B lymphocytes CD19+, Natural killer lymphocytes CD56+ and CD3- and monocytes CD14+) present in the aqueous humor by cytofluorimetry. 3. Evaluation of the presence of anti-human HSP70 antibodies in plasma samples by Western blot immunoprecipitation assays. 4. Whenever possible (adequate number of cells), in vitro stimulation of mononuclear cells presence in aqueous humor with epitopes from tuberculosis mycobacterium antigens and the analysis of cytokines production in the supernatants.
IRCCS/AUSL Reggio Emilia Hospital
Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Identify, in the aqueous humor and in the blood of patients suffering from granulomatous uveitis the presence of immunologic markers that distinguish between uveitis of tuberculous etiology and uveitis by sarcoidosis
The statistical analysis will based on the use of non parametric test between Group (Mann Whitney)
Time frame: 3 days
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