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ArticleCell death & disease2020

Autoantibody-dependent amplification of inflammation in SLE.

Hantao Lou, Beata Wojciak-Stothard, Marieta M Ruseva, H Terence Cook, Peter Kelleher, Matthew C Pickering, Juthathip Mongkolsapaya, Gavin R Screaton, Xiao-Ning Xu

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hantao LouDivision of Immunology and Inflammation, Department of Medicine, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London, London, W12 0NN, UK. h.lou13@Imperial.ac.uk.
Beata Wojciak-StothardDepartment of Medicine, Centre for Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Imperial College London, London, W12 0HS, UK.
Marieta M RusevaDivision of Immunology and Inflammation, Centre for Complement and Inflammation Research, Imperial College London, London, W12 0NN, UK.
H Terence CookDivision of Immunology and Inflammation, Centre for Complement and Inflammation Research, Imperial College London, London, W12 0NN, UK.
Peter KelleherDepartment of Medicine, Centre for Immunology & Vaccinology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College London, London, SW10 9NH, UK.
Matthew C PickeringDivision of Immunology and Inflammation, Centre for Complement and Inflammation Research, Imperial College London, London, W12 0NN, UK.
Juthathip MongkolsapayaDivision of Immunology and Inflammation, Department of Medicine, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London, London, W12 0NN, UK.
Gavin R ScreatonDivision of Immunology and Inflammation, Department of Medicine, Hammersmith Campus, Imperial College London, London, W12 0NN, UK.
Xiao-Ning XuDepartment of Medicine, Centre for Immunology & Vaccinology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Imperial College London, London, SW10 9NH, UK. x.xu@imperial.ac.uk.
Imperial College London · GBCentre for Inflammation Research · GBHammersmith Hospital · GBJohn Radcliffe Hospital · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anti-double stranded DNA antibodies (anti-dsDNA) are a hallmark of SLE but their role in disease pathogenesis is not fully resolved. Anti-dsDNA in serum are highly heterogeneous therefore in this study, we aimed to dissect the functional specificities of anti-dsDNA using a panel of human monoclonal antibodies (humAbs) generated from patients with active lupus nephritis. A total of 46 ANA reactive humAbs were isolated and divided into four broad classes based on their reactivity to histones, DNA and Crithidia. Functional analysis indicated that one subclass of antibodies bound strongly to decondensed DNA areas in neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) and protected NETs from nuclease digestion, similar to the sera from active SLE patients. In addition, these anti-dsDNA antibodies could stimulate type I interferon responses in mononuclear phagocytic cells, or NF-kB activity in endothelial cells, by uptake of NETs-anti-NETs immune complexes and subsequently trigging inflammatory responses in an Fc-gamma receptor (Fcg-R)-dependant manner. Together our data suggest that only a subset of anti-dsDNA antibodies is capable to amplify inflammatory responses by deposit in the nephritic kidney in vivo, protecting NETs digestion as well as uptake of NETs immune complexes into Fcg-R-expressing cells in vitro.

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AnimalsAutoantibodiesCell DeathDisease Models, AnimalHumansInflammationLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMiceTransfectionAutoantibodies

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PMID32908129
PMCPMC7481301
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