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Objectives: The aim of this investigation was to characterise and compare the inflammatory infiltrates in patients
with orofacial granulomatosis solely (OFG-S) and OFG with coexisting Crohn's disease (OFG+CD).
Study Design: Biopsy specimens with granulomas were obtained from patients with OFG-S (n=11) and OFG+CD
(n=11) and immunostained with antibodies against CD1a, CD3, CD4, CD8, CD11c, CD20, CD68 and mast cell
tryptase, followed by quantitative analysis.
Results: Analyses of the connective tissue revealed a significantly higher number of CD3-
expressing T cells
and CD11c-expressing dendritic cells in the connective tissue of patients with OFG-S compared to patients with
OFG+CD.
Mast cells displayed a high level of activation, although no significant difference was detected when
comparing the two groups.
Conclusions: The results show a different composition of the inflammatory infiltrate in patients with OFG-S compared to patients with OFG+CD. The present observations support that partly divergent immune mechanisms are
involved in these two different subcategories of OFG.
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Gale, Gita ; Östman, Sofia ; Saalman, Robert ; Telemo, Esbjörn ; Jontell, Mats ; Hasséus, Bengt. Immunophenotype in orofacial granulomatosis with and without Crohn's disease. En: Medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal. Ed inglesa, 2014, Vol. 19, No. 6: 584-591 |