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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2025

Identification of novel autoantibodies in Sjögren's disease.

Fiona Engelke, Petra Budde, Salvatore De Vita, Thomas Dörner, Diana Ernst, Jan Gras, Harald Heidecke, Annika Loredana Kilian, Katja Kniesch, Ann-Sophie Lindemann and 6 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16 authors.

Fiona EngelkeDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
Petra BuddeOncimmune Germany GmbH, Dortmund, Germany.
Salvatore De VitaDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Thomas DörnerRheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Diana ErnstDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
Jan GrasDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
Harald HeideckeCellTrend GmbH, Luckenwalde, Germany.
Annika Loredana KilianOncimmune Germany GmbH, Dortmund, Germany.
Katja KnieschDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
Ann-Sophie LindemannOncimmune Germany GmbH, Dortmund, Germany.
Luca QuartuccioDepartment of Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Jacob RitterRheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Kai Schulze-ForsterCellTrend GmbH, Luckenwalde, Germany.
Benjamin SeeligerDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.
Hans-Dieter ZuchtOncimmune Germany GmbH, Dortmund, Germany.
Torsten WitteDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The diagnosis of Sjögren's disease (SjD) in patients without autoantibodies against Ro/SSA is a major challenge. We aimed to identify novel autoantibodies in SjD that may facilitate the diagnostic procedure for Ro/SSA negative SjD. Methods: IgG and IgA autoantibody reactivity of 94 potential candidate autoantigens for SjD, selected from a discovery screen of 1,629 human antigens coupled to Luminex beads and prior knowledge about potential biological relevance, were examined in serum of SjD patients (n=347) using Luminex and ELISA technology. Healthy (HC, n=118) and non-Sjögren's sicca syndrome (NSS, n=44) individuals served as controls. To assess disease specificity, the novel autoantibodies were also measured in serum of patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA, n=50), Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE, n=49), and Systemic Sclerosis (SSc, n=37). Results: 45 novel autoantibodies were significantly (p ≤ 0.05) more prevalent in SjD than in HC and were detected in up to 19% of the SjD cohort. The most common autoantibodies were against CCL4, M5, TMPO and OAS3. Some of the novel autoantibodies were associated with extraglandular disease manifestations, such as anti-TONSL or anti-IL6 with pulmonary involvement. We have developed a three and five marker panel for the detection of Ro/SSA negative patients, consisting of anti-FNBP4, anti-SNRPC, anti-CCL4, anti-M3 and anti-KDM6B, which had a sensitivity of up to 46% with a specificity of 95% (SjD vs. HC). Both panels discriminate these patients from HC, whereas the three-marker more effectively differentiates between Ro/SSA negative patients and NSS. Discussion: Novel autoantibodies will facilitate the diagnosis of Ro/SSA negative patients with SjD, in particular our predictive panel will be useful in the diagnosis and differentiation of these patients from healthy and NSS individuals in a clinical context. In addition, the autoantibodies may also be useful for risk stratification of extraglandular manifestations.

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AutoantibodiesSjogren's SyndromeAdultAgedAutoantigensBiomarkersFemaleHumansImmunoglobulin AImmunoglobulin GMaleMiddle AgedAutoantibodiesAutoantigensBiomarkersImmunoglobulin AImmunoglobulin Gautoantibodiesbiomarkersconnective tissue diseasesextraglandular manifestationsseronegative patientssicca syndromeSjögren’s disease

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PMCPMC11830686

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