| Title | Antibodies to beta2-glycoprotein I: a potential marker for clinical features of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. | | Author(s) | Sanfilippo SS, Khamashta MA, Atsumi T, Amengual O, Bertolaccini ML, D'Cruz D, Amft N, Swana GT, Hughes GR | | Institution | The Rayne Institute and Department of Immunology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK. | | Source | J Rheumatol 1998 Nov; 25(11):2131-4. | | MeSH | Adult
Aged
Antibodies
Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
Antibodies, Antinuclear
Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Biological Markers
DNA
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Glycoproteins
Humans
Immunoglobulin G
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Male
Middle Aged
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Risk Factors
| | Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To clarify risk factors for the development of clinical features of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) in patients with anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
METHODS: We studied 65 SLE patients, all with positive IgG and/or IgM aCL. Patients were divided into 2 groups; I: 29 SLE patients with features of APS (SLE/APS) and II: 36 aCL positive SLE patients without any feature of APS (SLE/aCL). Serum samples were collected from our serum bank. Anti-beta2-glycoprotein I (anti-beta2-GPI) were tested by ELISA using irradiated plates in the absence of cardiolipin. Anti-dsDNA antibodies were tested by standard Farr assay.
RESULTS: There were no major differences between SLE clinical manifestations in both groups. However, the frequency of IgG anti-beta2-GPI was markedly increased in SLE/APS (18/29, 62%) than in SLE/aCL (4/36, 11%) (chi-squared 18.6, p=0.0001). The levels of anti-dsDNA antibodies in the same samples were slightly lower in SLE/APS.
CONCLUSION: Our data suggest that increased levels of IgG anti-beta2-GPI may be a specific feature of SLE/APS patients rather than reflecting a polyclonal B cell activation. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 9818654 |
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