Abdominal aortic aneurysm as an IgG4-related disease

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The objectives of this study were to evaluate patients with aortic abdominal aneurysm (AAA) with regard to immunoglobulin (Ig)G4-related disease (IgG4-RD). IgG4-RD represents a recently defined condition comprised of a collection of disorders characterized by IgG4 hypergammaglobulinemia, the presence of IgG4-positive plasma cells in organs affected with fibrotic or sclerotizing changes and typical histopathological features. It was identified as a possible cause of vasculitis in large vessels. Studies have been published on a possible association between inflammatory aortic or cardiovascular disease and IgG4-RD. We examined 114 patients with AAA requiring surgery in order to identify findings which are characteristic of IgG4-RD. Aneurysm samples from seven patients showed histopathological features consistent with IgG4-RD and the presence of IgG4+ plasma cells. Only two of these seven patients showed elevated IgG4 serum levels higher 1·35 g/l. In five of the patients, the concentration of serum IgG4 was lower than 1·20 g/l, with the number of IgG4+ plasma cells being higher than 50/high-power field. These findings were consistent with AAA being a heterogeneous group of inflammatory diseases with different pathogenesis.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:197

Enthalten in:

Clinical and experimental immunology - 197(2019), 3 vom: 27. Sept., Seite 361-365

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Prucha, M [VerfasserIn]
Sedivy, P [VerfasserIn]
Stadler, P [VerfasserIn]
Zdrahal, P [VerfasserIn]
Prokopova, P [VerfasserIn]
Voska, L [VerfasserIn]
Sedlackova, L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aortic abdominal aneurysm
Clinical Trial
Diagnostic value
Histopathology
IgG4
IgG4-related disease
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 06.05.2020

Date Revised 06.05.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/cei.13307

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NLM296528064