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ArticleScientific reports2020

IgM antibodies against malondialdehyde and phosphorylcholine in different systemic rheumatic diseases.

Divya Thiagarajan, Nina Oparina, Susanna Lundström, Roman Zubarev, Jitong Sun, PRECISESADS Clinical Consortium, Marta Alarcon-Riquelme, Johan Frostegård

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 16 institutions in 10 countries.

Divya ThiagarajanUnit of Immunology and Chronic Disease, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Nina OparinaUnit of Immunology and Chronic Disease, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3179-1258
Susanna LundströmDivision of Physiological Chemistry I, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Roman ZubarevDivision of Physiological Chemistry I, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jitong SunUnit of Immunology and Chronic Disease, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
PRECISESADS Clinical Consortium
Marta Alarcon-RiquelmeUnit of Immunology and Chronic Disease, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7632-4154
Johan FrostegårdUnit of Immunology and Chronic Disease, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. johan.frostegard@ki.se.
Andalusian Health Service · ESCentro Hospitalar do Porto · PTKarolinska Institutet · SEUniversity of Szeged · HUCentre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest · FRAndalusian School of Public Health · ESUniversity of Milan · ITCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEConsorci Institut D'Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer · ESHôpital Beau-Séjour · CHMarqués de Valdecilla University Hospital · ESMedical University of Vienna · ATUCLouvain · BEFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITKU Leuven · BEMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IgM antibodies against phosphorylcholine (anti-PC) and malondialdehyde (anti-MDA) may have protective properties in cardiovascular and rheumatic diseases. We here compare these antibodies in systemic rheumatic conditions and study their properties. Anti-PC and anti-MDA was measured using ELISA in patients with SLE (374), RA (354), Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD, 77), Systemic sclerosis (SSc, 331), Sjögren's syndrome (SjS, 324), primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPs, 65), undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD, 118) and 515 matched healthy controls (HC). Cardiovascular score (CV) was broadly defined based on clinical disease symptoms. Anti-PC and anti-MDA peptide/protein characterization were compared using a proteomics de novo sequencing approach. anti-MDA and anti-PC were extracted from total IgM. The proportion of Treg cells was determined by flow cytometry. The maximal difference between cases and controls was shown for MCTD: significantly lower IgM Anti-PC but not anti-MDA among patients (median 49.3RU/ml vs 70.4 in healthy controls, p(t-test) = 0.0037). IgM low levels were more prevalent in MCTD, SLE, SjS, SSc and UCTD. IgM anti-PC variable region profiles were different from and more homologous than anti-MDA. Anti-PC but not anti-MDA were significantly negatively correlated with CV in the whole patient group. In contrast to IgM anti-PC, anti-MDA did not promote polarization of Tregs. Taken together, Anti-PC is decreased in MCTD and also in SLE, SjS and SSc but not in other studied diseases. Anti-PC may thus differentiate between these. In contrast, anti-MDA did not show these differences between diseases studied. Anti-PC level is negatively correlated with CV in the patient group cohort. In contrast to anti-PC, anti-MDA did not promote Treg polarization. These findings could have both diagnostic and therapeutic implications, one possibility being active or passive immunization with PC in some rheumatic conditions.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAutoantibodiesCase-Control StudiesFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin MMaleMalondialdehydeMiddle AgedPhosphorylcholineProteomicsRheumatic DiseasesYoung AdultAutoantibodiesImmunoglobulin MMalondialdehydePhosphorylcholine

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PMID32620913
PMCPMC7335044
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