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ArticleMediators of inflammation2016

Association between IgG4 Autoantibody and Complement Abnormalities in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Qingjun Pan, Linjie Guo, Jing Wu, Jun Cai, Huanjin Liao, Qiaofen Lan, Yanxia Peng, Yiming He, Hua-Feng Liu

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Article in Mediators of inflammation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qingjun PanInstitute of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524001, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8060-9099
Linjie GuoInstitute of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524001, China.
Jing WuInstitute of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524001, China.
Jun CaiInstitute of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524001, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7347-1407
Huanjin LiaoInstitute of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524001, China.
Qiaofen LanInstitute of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524001, China.
Yanxia PengInstitute of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524001, China.
Yiming HeInstitute of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524001, China.
Hua-Feng LiuInstitute of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong 524001, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6547-212X
Guangdong Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In order to investigate the association between IgG4 autoantibody and complement abnormalities in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 72 newly diagnosed SLE patients, 67 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and 41 healthy normals were employed. Serum levels of antinuclear IgG4 and IgG4-specific IgM-rheumatoid factor (RF) were measured, and the correlations between serum levels of antinuclear IgG4 and several clinical parameters were analyzed. Also, the levels of IgG subclasses, C1q, and C3 deposition in lupus nephritis (LN) were detected. The results showed that serum levels of antinuclear IgG4 were higher in SLE patients relative to healthy normals (P < 0.01). Serum levels of antinuclear IgG4 in SLE patients were positively correlated with serum levels of total IgG4, albumin, and C3 (r = 0.61, P < 0.05; r = 0.40, P < 0.05; and r = 0.54, P < 0.05, resp.) and negatively correlated with 24-hour urinary protein (r = 0.49, P < 0.05). Serum levels of IgG4-specific IgM-RF were higher in RA patients than in SLE patients (P < 0.001). Also, the ratio of the deposition score for IgG4/(IgG1 + IgG2 + IgG3 + IgG4) was negatively correlated with the score for C1q and C3 deposition in LN (r = 0.34, P < 0.05; r = 0.51, P < 0.01, resp.). In summary, the IgG4 autoantibody may dampen the inflammatory response in SLE, thus maybe providing a novel therapeutic target for SLE.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAutoantibodiesChildComplement C1qComplement C3FemaleHumansImmunoglobulin GLupus Erythematosus, SystemicLupus NephritisMaleMiddle AgedSerum AlbuminYoung AdultAutoantibodiesComplement C1qComplement C3Immunoglobulin GSerum Albumin

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