Autoantibody Profiling and Anti-Kinesin Reactivity in ANCA-Associated VasculitisShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, ISSN 1661-6596, E-ISSN 1422-0067, Vol. 24, no 20, article id 15341
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Abstract [en]
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.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI AG , 2023. Vol. 24, no 20, article id 15341
Keywords [en]
ANCA-associated vasculitis, autoantibody profiling, biomarkers, kinesins, protein array
National Category
Clinical Medicine Immunology in the medical area
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-339517DOI: 10.3390/ijms242015341ISI: 001095262100001PubMedID: 37895021Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85175251803OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-339517DiVA, id: diva2:1811731
Note
QC 20231114
2023-11-142023-11-142025-02-18Bibliographically approved