Abstract:Objective To analyze the pattern of chemokine receptor expression on T cells in bronchial asthma patients.Methods Forty patients with bronchial asthma who were admitted to our hospital from January to December 2017 and 27 healthy volunteers who underwent physical examination during the same period were included. Flow cytometric analysis of CXCR1, CXCR2, CXCR3, CCR3, CCR4, CCR5, CCR7, CCR8 expression on CD3+CD8+ and CD3+CD8-T cells was performed in patients with different severity of chronic asthma and in the controls.Results Percentage of CD3+CD8+T cells expressing CXCR1 was significantly lower in severe asthmatic than in mild-to-moderate asthmatics and controls (P < 0.05). Percentages of CD3+CD8+T cells expressing CCR7 were significantly lower in the severe asthma group than in control group (P < 0.05). Percentages of CD3+CD8-T cells expressing CXCR1, CXCR2, and CCR8 were significantly lower in the severe asthma group than in mild-to-moderate asthmatics and controls (all P < 0.05). The number of cells CD3+CD8+ and CD3+CD8-T expressing of CXCR1 was significantly lower in the group of patients using more than 800 mg of budesonide daily than in the group of patients using less than 400 mg of budesonide (P < 0.05).Conclusions The expression of some chemokines of two CD3+T cell populations in peripheral blood of patients with severe bronchial asthma decreases. Th1 and Th2 related chemokine receptors are involved in immune response in patients with mild and moderate asthma, while Th1 / Th2 response in patients with severe bronchial asthma decreases.