Autoantibody Profiling and Anti-Kinesin Reactivity in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis

ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV) are rare autoimmune diseases causing inflammation and damage to small blood vessels. New autoantibody biomarkers are needed to improve the diagnosis and treatment of AAV patients. In this study, we aimed to profile the autoantibody repertoire of AAV patients using in-house developed antigen arrays to identify previously unreported antibodies linked to the disease per se, clinical subgroups, or clinical activity. A total of 1743 protein fragments representing 1561 unique proteins were screened in 229 serum samples collected from 137 AAV patients at presentation, remission, and relapse. Additionally, serum samples from healthy individuals and patients with other type of vasculitis and autoimmune-inflammatory conditions were included to evaluate the specificity of the autoantibodies identified in AAV. Autoreactivity against members of the kinesin protein family were identified in AAV patients, healthy volunteers, and disease controls. Anti-KIF4A antibodies were significantly more prevalent in AAV. We also observed possible associations between anti-kinesin antibodies and clinically relevant features within AAV patients. Further verification studies will be needed to confirm these findings.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

International journal of molecular sciences - 24(2023), 20 vom: 19. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mescia, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Bayati, Shaghayegh [VerfasserIn]
Brouwer, Elisabeth [VerfasserIn]
Heeringa, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Toonen, Erik J M [VerfasserIn]
Beenes, Marijke [VerfasserIn]
Ball, Miriam J [VerfasserIn]
Rees, Andrew J [VerfasserIn]
Kain, Renate [VerfasserIn]
Lyons, Paul A [VerfasserIn]
Nilsson, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Pin, Elisa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ANCA-associated vasculitis
Autoantibodies
Autoantibody profiling
Biomarkers
EC 3.6.4.4
Journal Article
Kinesins
Protein array
Proteins

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Date Completed 30.10.2023

Date Revised 30.10.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms242015341

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363870385