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. 2024 Jan 25;62(7):1438-1449.
doi: 10.1515/cclm-2023-0992. Print 2024 Jun 25.

A reactive monocyte subset characterized by low expression of CD91 is expanded during sterile and septic inflammation

Christian Gosset  1 , Jacques Foguenne  1 , Mickaël Simul  1 , Nathalie Layios  2 , Paul B Massion  2 , Pierre Damas  2 , André Gothot  1
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A reactive monocyte subset characterized by low expression of CD91 is expanded during sterile and septic inflammation

Christian Gosset et al. Clin Chem Lab Med. .
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Abstract

Objectives: This study was undertaken to assess CD91 expression on monocytes and changes in monocyte subset distribution during acute tissue damage and bloodstream infection (BSI).

Methods: We investigated blood specimens from healthy individuals, trauma and cardiac surgery patients as a model of tissue damage, and patients with BSI, by flow cytometry using a panel of antibodies comprising CD45, HLA-DR, CD14, CD16 and CD91 for the identification of monocyte subsets.

Results: While infrequent in healthy subjects, CD91low/neg monocyte levels were markedly high in BSI, trauma and after cardiac surgery. This monocyte subset expanded up to 15-fold in both patient cohorts, whereas CD14+CD16+ inflammatory monocytes were multiplied by a factor of 5 only. CD14+CD91low monocytes displayed a significantly lower density of HLA-DR and markedly reduced expression of CD300e, compared to the other subsets. They also expressed high levels of myeloperoxidase and showed robust phagocytic and oxidative burst activity.

Conclusions: Expansion of CD91low monocytes is a sensitive marker of acute inflammatory states of infectious and non-infectious etiology.

Keywords: CD91; bloodstream infection (BSI); flow cytometry; inflammation; monocytes; sepsis.

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