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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

Chemokine/Cytokine Levels Correlate with Organ Involvement in PR3-ANCA-Associated Vasculitis.

Janina Müller-Deile, Christian Jaremenko, Hermann Haller, Mario Schiffer, Marion Haubitz, Silke Christiansen, Christine Falk, Lena Schiffer

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Janina Müller-DeileDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Christian JaremenkoInstitute for Nanotechnology and Correlative Microscopy eV, INAM, 91301 Forchheim, Germany.
Hermann HallerDepartment of Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Mario SchifferDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Marion HaubitzDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, Center for Internal Medicine and Medical Clinic III, Klinikum Fulda, 36043 Fulda, Germany.
Silke ChristiansenInstitute for Nanotechnology and Correlative Microscopy eV, INAM, 91301 Forchheim, Germany.
Christine FalkInstitute of Transplant Immunology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1376-7318
Lena SchifferDepartment of Pediatric Nephrology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEKlinikum Fulda · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a rare small vessel disease characterized by multi-organ involvement. Biomarkers that can measure specific organ involvement are missing. Here, we ask whether certain circulating cytokines and chemokines correlate with renal involvement and if distinct cytokine/chemokine patterns can differentiate between renal, ear/nose/throat, joints, and lung involvement of AAV.

methodsThirty-two sets of Birmingham vasculitis activity score (BVAS), PR3-ANCA titers, laboratory marker, and different cytokines were obtained from 17 different patients with AAV. BVAS, PR3-ANCA titers, laboratory marker, and cytokine concentrations were correlated to different organ involvements in active AAV.

resultsAmong patients with active PR3-AAV (BVAS > 0) and kidney involvement we found significant higher concentrations of chemokine ligand (CCL)-1, interleukin (IL)-6, IL21, IL23, IL-28A, IL33, monocyte chemoattractant protein 2 (MCP2), stem cell factor (SCF), thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), and thrombopoietin (TPO) compared to patients without PR3-ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis. Patients with ear, nose, and throat involvement expressed higher concentrations of MCP2 and of the (C-X-C motif) ligand-12 (CXCL-12) compared to patients with active AAV and no involvement of these organs.

conclusionWe identified distinct cytokine patterns for renal manifestation and for ear, nose and throat involvement of PR3-AAV. Distinct plasma cytokines might be used as non-invasive biomarkers of organ involvement in AAV.

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ANCA-associated vasculitisbiomarkercytokine profilekidney involvement

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