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ArticleClinical & translational immunology2020

A novel autoantibody targeting calreticulin is associated with cancer in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies.

He Chen, Heng Yang, Qiu-Xiang Cheng, Yong-Peng Ge, Qing-Lin Peng, Ya-Mei Zhang, Gen-Hong Cheng, Guo-Chun Wang, Xin Lu

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Article in Clinical & translational immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 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 2 countries.

He ChenDepartment of Rheumatology China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing 100029 China.
Heng YangCenter for Systems Medicine Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100005 China.
Qiu-Xiang ChengCenter for Systems Medicine Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College Beijing 100005 China.
Yong-Peng GeDepartment of Rheumatology China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing 100029 China.
Qing-Lin PengDepartment of Rheumatology China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing 100029 China.
Ya-Mei ZhangDepartment of Rheumatology China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing 100029 China.
Gen-Hong ChengDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics University of California Los Angeles CA 90095 USA.
Guo-Chun WangDepartment of Rheumatology China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing 100029 China.
Xin LuDepartment of Rheumatology China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing 100029 China.
China-Japan Friendship Hospital · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNSuzhou Institute of Systems Medicine · CNUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Viral Mediated Type I Interferon InductionR01AI069120 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CHENG, GENHONG · 2006 to 2021
$6.0M
Mechanisms of Biodefense By Toll-Like ReceptorsR01AI056154 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CHENG, GENHONG · 2004 to 2014
$3.7M
Role of IRF3 and RXRa Crosstalk in Host Response to Viral InfectionsR01AI078389 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CHENG, GENHONG · 2009 to 2013
$1.8M
Role of IRF3 and RXRa Crosstalk in Host Response to Viral InfectionsR56AI078389 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CHENG, GENHONG · 2008 to 2008
$385k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI056154NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI069120NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI078389NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI078389
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo investigate the prevalence and clinical significance of anti-calreticulin autoantibodies (anti-CRT Ab) in a large cohort of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) patients.

methodsSera from 469 patients with IIM, 196 patients with other connective tissue diseases, 28 patients with solid tumors and 81 healthy controls were screened for anti-CRT Ab by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using human recombinant CRT protein. Sera from 35 IIM patients were tested using an immunoprecipitation assay to confirm the presence of anti-CRT Ab. Subsequently, IIM-cancer patients were identified and divided into new-onset, remission and recurrent groups based on their cancer status. The relationships between anti-CRT Ab levels and IIM disease activity were also investigated.

resultsSerum anti-CRT Ab was detected positive in 81 of the 469 (17.3%) IIM patients. Immunoprecipitated bands were observed at a molecular weight of 60 kDa corresponding to the CRT protein. The IIM patients with anti-CRT Ab more frequently had cancers compared to the patients without anti-CRT Ab. Moreover, the prevalence of anti-CRT Ab differed according to the cancer status. The IIM patients with recurrent cancers had a much higher prevalence of anti-CRT Ab than those with cancers in remission. Also, serum anti-CRT Ab levels positively correlated with disease activity at baseline and at follow-up visits.

conclusionWe report the existence of serum anti-CRT Ab in IIM patients and demonstrate the possible association of anti-CRT Ab with malignancy in IIM patients. Serum anti-CRT Ab could serve as a novel candidate marker of cancer in IIM patients.

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anti‐calreticulin autoantibodiesbiomarkersidiopathic inflammatory myopathymalignancy

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PMCPMC7558046
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