Antibodies against citrullinated alpha enolase peptides in primary Sjogren's syndrome.
Clin Immunol
; 183: 300-303, 2017 10.
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ABSTRACT
Citrullinated alpha enolase (CEP-1) has been designated as a major antigenic target of antibodies against citrullinated proteins (ACPA) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Our aim is to determine the prevalence of anti-CEP-1 in a cohort of ACPA positive (ACPA+) primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) patients. Anti-CEP1 titers were determined by ELISA in sera from 15 ACPA+ and 45 ACPA- age/sex matched pSS; 12 ACPA+ RA patients and 30 healthy controls (HC). Increased anti-CEP-1 antibody titers were detected in nine out of the 15 (60%) ACPA+ pSS patients and 5 out of 12 (41.7%) ACPA+ RA patients; no reactivities were detected in ACPA- pSS patients and HC. Anti-CEP-1 antibodies in the setting of pSS were associated with higher urine pH levels at baseline. CEP-1 is a major antigenic target of ACPA in patients with pSS characterizing a subgroup with distinct laboratory features.
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Assunto principal:
Fosfopiruvato Hidratase
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Autoanticorpos
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Síndrome de Sjogren
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Especificidade de Anticorpos
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
Clin Immunol
Assunto da revista:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article