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ArticleAntibodies (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Characterization of Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies in Lyme Borreliosis Using In-House Developed ELISAs.

Polona Žigon, Katja Lakota, Katarina Ogrinc, Petra Bogovič, Franc Strle

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Polona ŽigonDepartment of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0001-6637-9744
Katja LakotaDepartment of Rheumatology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Katarina OgrincDepartment of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-8134-749X
Petra BogovičDepartment of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Franc StrleDepartment of Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0003-4163-0503

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Ljubljana University Medical Centre TP-20250109The Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency P3-0296The Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency P3-0314
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methodsThirty patients diagnosed with Lyme borreliosis were enrolled: ten with solitary erythema migrans (EM), ten with multiple EM (MEM), and ten with late manifestations known as acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA). Forty healthy blood donors served as controls. Four distinct antiphospholipid antibody ELISAs were developed, each using a different phospholipid coating: CL, PA, PC, and PS. Serum of APS patient was used as a positive control and for standard curve generation.

resultsAll four ELISAs were successfully established and demonstrated good measurement precision. Significant differences in antiphospholipid antibody levels and positivity rates were observed between Lyme borreliosis patients and healthy blood donors. Notably, levels of antibodies directed against PA (aPA), PC (aPC), and PS (aPS), both IgG and IgM, were significantly higher in patients with late Lyme borreliosis, manifested as ACA, compared to healthy blood donors. In contrast, anti-CL (aCL) levels did not differ significantly between groups. Patients with ACA also showed the highest frequency of multiple antiphospholipid antibody positivity, with 7 out of 10 patients testing positive for three or more antiphospholipid antibodies.

conclusionsAccurate and precise in-house ELISAs for the detection of aCL, aPA, aPC, and aPS using APS sera as standard material were developed and validated for the analysis of samples of patients with Lyme borreliosis. Our data suggest that antiphospholipid antibody levels-specifically aPA, aPC, and aPS-differ across clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis, with the greatest increases observed in patients with ACA.

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anti-phosphatidic acid antibodiesanti-phosphatidylcholine antibodiesanti-phosphatidylserine antibodiesantiphospholipid antibodiesBorrelia burgdorferi sensu latoLyme borreliosis

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PMID42345855
PMCPMC13296186

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