Clinical significance of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies with specificity for lactoferrin in renal diseases.
Am J Kidney Dis
; 22(2): 253-60, 1993 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
The prevalence and clinical significance of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies with specificity for lactoferrin was determined in patients with renal diseases. Antilactoferrin antibodies were found in only 12 of 920 patients (1.3%). These patients had either "pauci-immune" necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis (three cases) or lupus nephritis (nine cases). To verify whether antilactoferrin antibodies were specific for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and renal involvement, we studied 61 additional lupus patients, 40 with active lupus nephritis and 21 with active SLE and no renal involvement. Antilactoferrin antibodies were found in approximately 15% to 20% of patients with SLE, irrespective of the presence of renal involvement. We conclude that antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies with specificity for lactoferrin are only sporadically found in patients with renal diseases; these patients have either necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis or lupus nephritis. However, antilactoferrin antibodies are not a marker for renal involvement in SLE.
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Assunto principal:
Autoanticorpos
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Nefrite Lúpica
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Lactoferrina
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Neutrófilos
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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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
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Kidney Dis
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália