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Hajizadeh S, O'Donnell C, Dore A. Case of isolated scleromalacia perforans with seropositivity for rheumatoid arthritis. BMJ Case Rep 2024; 17:e259863. [PMID: 38925670 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2024-259863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Scleromalacia perforans, or necrotising anterior scleritis, is a rare and severe form of eye disease that usually occurs in patients suffering from long-standing systemic inflammatory diseases, with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) being the most common. Here, we report the case of a patient who presented with redness of the eye and discolouration of the sclera and was diagnosed with scleromalacia perforans without any further extraophthalmic systemic involvement. Serological workup revealed highly positive cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibody (CCP-IgG/anticitrullinated protein antibodies) and positive rheumatoid factor, serologies commonly associated with RA. The patient's symptoms responded very well to rituximab therapy.
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- Sama Hajizadeh
- Internal Medicine, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Limon M. The assessment of rheumatoid factor levels and hemogram parameters as predictors for rheumatologic disease. Int J Rheum Dis 2023. [PMID: 36972926 DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.14683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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AIM Many markers are used for clinical diagnosis in rheumatic diseases; rheumatoid factor (RF) is the most frequently used marker. However, RF is not specific to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RF positivity is widely observed in patients with advanced age, infectious, autoimmune, and lymphoproliferative diseases. In this context, the objective of this study is to investigate the demographic characteristics, frequency of antinuclear antibody (ANA) and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) positivity, hemogram parameters and distribution of the diagnoses in RF-positive patients followed at the rheumatology clinic. METHODS The population of this retrospective study consisted of patients above 18 years of age who were referred to have RF positivity by nephelometric method at Kahramanmaraş Necip Fazıl City Hospital Rheumatology Clinic between January 2020 and June 2022. RESULTS The mean age of the 230 patients with a positive RF test result, 155 (76%) male and 55 (24%) female, was 52.7 ± 15.5 years. There were 81 (35.2%), 54 (23.5%), 73 (31.7%) and 22 (9.6%) patients with RF levels between 20 and 50 IU/mL, 50 and 100 IU/mL, 100 and 500 IU/mL, and above 500 IU/mL, respectively. There was no significant difference detected between the groups that were created based on the RF titers regarding demographic characteristics (P > 0.05). The rate of being diagnosed with any rheumatic disease was significantly lower in the group with RF levels between 20 and 50 IU/mL compared to other groups (P = 0.001). The distribution of rheumatic and non-rheumatic disease diagnoses according to RF levels did not reveal any significant difference between the groups (P = 0.369 and P = 0.147, respectively). RA was the most common (62.2%) rheumatic disease diagnosis among the patients included in the study. The leukocyte count was significantly higher in the group with RF levels above 500 IU/mL compared to the group with RF levels between 20 and 50 IU/mL (P = 0.024). There was no significant difference between the groups in other laboratory results, that is, hemogram, sedimentation, C-reactive protein, platelet, and lymphocyte/monocyte ratio (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION The study findings indicate that RF positivity can be seen in the context of different rheumatological diseases; hence RF levels alone may not predict rheumatological disease. There was also no significant relationship between RF levels and ANA and anti-CCP positivity. The most common diagnosis in patients presenting with elevated RF levels was RA. Nevertheless, it should be noted that RF can be found asymptomatically in the general population.
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- Muhammet Limon
- Division of Rheumatology, Kahramanmaras Necip Fazıl City Hospital, Kahramanmaras, Turkey
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Ma L, Wang W, Li L, Chen Y, Chen B, Shao M, Cheng Y, Zhou R. Comparison of different assays for the detection of anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Front Immunol 2022; 13:940713. [PMID: 35983055 PMCID: PMC9380855 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.940713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate a novel fully automated immunoturbidimetric assay developed by Qiangsheng Biotechnology Company for the detection of anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP) in serum of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and compare it to the conventional EUROIMMUN- anti-CCP ELISA. Two other commonly used automated assays, the Elecsys anti-CCP assay, an ECLIA that is run on the Modular Analystics E170 (Cobas Diagnostics, Germany), and an anti-CCP CLIA developed by YHLO that is run on the iFlash 3000 Chemiluminescence Immunoassay Analyzer, were included as reference standards. METHODS A total of 264 serum samples were collected from patients attending the First People's Hospital of Wenling affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University between July 2020 and November 2020. These included 131 serum samples collected from patients with RA, 70 serum samples collected from patients with other autoimmune diseases, and 63 serum samples collected from healthy controls at a physical examination. The clinical performance and sensitivity and specificity of the four anti-CCP assays for the diagnosis of RA were compared using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. RESULTS The Kappa statistic indicated almost perfect agreement between the EUROIMMUN-anti-CCP ELISA and the Elecsys anti-CCP ECLIA (Cobas) (0.863), the EUROIMMUN-anti-CCP ELISA and the anti-CCP CLIA (YHLO) (0.862), and the Elecsys anti-CCP ECLIA (Cobas) and the anti-CCP CLIA (YHLO) (0.816). On ROC curve analysis, AUC values were 0.955 for the EUROIMMUN-anti-CCP ELISA, 0.948 for the anti-CCP CLIA (YHLO), 0.947 for the Elecsys anti-CCP ECLIA (Cobas) and 0.903 for Qiangsheng, indicating all the assays had a good diagnostic performance for RA. CONCLUSION The anti-CCP assays provided similar diagnostic information. The novel fully automated immunoturbidimetric assay for anti-CCP developed by Qiangsheng Biotechnology Company may be especially useful for large scale clinical screening in RA as it has a shorter testing time than the commercially available alternatives.
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- Lisha Ma
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First People’s Hospital of Wenling, Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First People’s Hospital of Wenling, Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First People’s Hospital of Wenling, Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First People’s Hospital of Wenling, Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First People’s Hospital of Wenling, Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First People’s Hospital of Wenling, Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, China
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- Department of Rheumatology, The First People’s Hospital of Wenling, Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First People’s Hospital of Wenling, Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Taizhou, China
- *Correspondence: Renfang Zhou,
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Kumar A, Dhaliwal N, Dhaliwal J, Dharavath RN, Chopra K. Astaxanthin attenuates oxidative stress and inflammatory responses in complete Freund-adjuvant-induced arthritis in rats. Pharmacol Rep 2019; 72:104-114. [PMID: 32016833 DOI: 10.1007/s43440-019-00022-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 09/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Astaxanthin (ATX), a natural xanthophyll carotenoid, has shown to exert significant protective effects against various diseases via its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. However, its potential role in arthritis is still not reported. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the potential anti-arthritic properties of ATX against complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-induced arthritis rats. METHODS Adjuvant arthritis was induced by single intraplantar injection of complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) in the left hind paw of adult female Wistar rats. ATX (25, 50 and 100 mg/kg) and indomethacin (5 mg/kg) were given orally from days 14 to 28. The anti-arthritic activity was evaluated through various nociceptive behavioral tests (mechanical allodynia, mechanical hyperalgesia, cold allodynia, and thermal hyperalgesia), paw edema assessment, and arthritis scores. Serum tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), C-reactive protein (CRP) and cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibody levels were assessed. Moreover, malondialdehyde (MDA), nitrite, glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) levels were also evaluated. RESULTS Oral administration of ATX (50 and 100 mg/kg) exhibited significant anti-arthritic activity via enhancing the nociceptive threshold, reducing paw edema and improving arthritis scores. Moreover, ATX treatment also markedly suppressed inflammatory and oxidative mediators in adjuvant-administered rats. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that ATX possesses potential anti-arthritic activity, which could be attributed to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
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- Akshay Kumar
- Pharmacology Division, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Pharmacology Division, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Pharmacology Division, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Pharmacology Division, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Pharmacology Division, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India. .,Pharmacology Research Laboratory, UGC Centre of Advanced Studies, University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India.
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Van Giap D, Jung JW, Kim NS. Production of functional recombinant cyclic citrullinated peptide monoclonal antibody in transgenic rice cell suspension culture. Transgenic Res 2019; 28:177-188. [PMID: 30746589 DOI: 10.1007/s11248-019-00113-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibody has been shown recently to be a promising marker for early detection and diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In order to exploit newly developed therapies for RA, early intervention is crucial in preventing irreversible joint damage. Here, we describe use of a plant expression system to produce a CCP antibody that could be used in the early diagnosis of RA. Heavy and light chain gene sequences of a CCP monoclonal antibody (CCP mAb) were cloned from the hybridoma cell (12G1) and introduced into two separate plant expression vectors under the control of the rice α-amylase 3D (RAmy3D) promoter system. The vectors were introduced into rice calli (Oryza sativa L. cv. Dongjin) using Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation. Integration of the CCP mAb genes into rice chromosomes was confirmed by a genomic DNA polymerase chain reaction and expression was verified by northern blot analysis of mRNA. The in vivo assembly and secretion of CCP mAb occurred in transgenic rice cell suspension culture under the RAmy3D expression system; accumulated CCP mAbs in the medium were purified by protein G affinity chromatography. Immunoblot assays and ELISA showed these plant-produced CCP mAbs successfully bound to a synthetic CCP antigen. Taken together, our results suggest that CCP mAb produced in a transgenic rice suspension culture were easily purified and biologically active against their antigen in the RA, and thus may be used a specific serological marker, which is present very early in the RA.
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- Do Van Giap
- Department of Molecular Biology, Chonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Chonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, 54896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Chonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do, 54896, Republic of Korea. .,National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science (NIHHS), Rural Development Administration (RDA), Wanju, Jellabuk-do, 55365, Republic of Korea.
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Ying TC, Ibrahim Z, Rahman MBA, Tejo BA. Structure-Based Design of Peptide Inhibitors for Protein Arginine Deiminase Type IV (PAD4). ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOINFORMATICS AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY 2019:729-740. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-809633-8.20156-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Sun D, Hu F, Gao H, Song Z, Xie W, Wang P, Shi L, Wang K, Li Y, Huang C, Li Z. Distribution of abnormal IgG glycosylation patterns from rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis patients by MALDI-TOF-MSn. Analyst 2019; 144:2042-2051. [PMID: 30714583 DOI: 10.1039/c8an02014k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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IgG glycosylation differs in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA), which should contribute to their pathogenesis research and diagnosis.
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Yap HY, Tee SZY, Wong MMT, Chow SK, Peh SC, Teow SY. Pathogenic Role of Immune Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Implications in Clinical Treatment and Biomarker Development. Cells 2018; 7:cells7100161. [PMID: 30304822 PMCID: PMC6211121 DOI: 10.3390/cells7100161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Revised: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, autoimmune, systemic, inflammatory disorder that affects synovial joints, both small and large joints, in a symmetric pattern. This disorder usually does not directly cause death but significantly reduces the quality of life and life expectancy of patients if left untreated. There is no cure for RA but, patients are usually on long-term disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) to suppress the joint inflammation, to minimize joint damage, to preserve joint function, and to keep the disease in remission. RA is strongly associated with various immune cells and each of the cell type contributes differently to the disease pathogenesis. Several types of immunomodulatory molecules mainly cytokines secreted from immune cells mediate pathogenesis of RA, hence complicating the disease treatment and management. There are various treatments for RA depending on the severity of the disease and more importantly, the patient’s response towards the given drugs. Early diagnosis of RA and treatment with (DMARDs) are known to significantly improve the treatment outcome of patients. Sensitive biomarkers are crucial in early detection of disease as well as to monitor the disease activity and progress. This review aims to discuss the pathogenic role of various immune cells and immunological molecules in RA. This review also highlights the importance of understanding the immune cells in treating RA and in exploring novel biomarkers.
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- Hooi-Yeen Yap
- Department of Medical Sciences, School of Healthcare and Medical Sciences, Sunway University, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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- Department of Medical Sciences, School of Healthcare and Medical Sciences, Sunway University, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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- Department of Medical Sciences, School of Healthcare and Medical Sciences, Sunway University, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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- Department of Medical Sciences, School of Healthcare and Medical Sciences, Sunway University, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
- Sunway Medical Centre, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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- Department of Medical Sciences, School of Healthcare and Medical Sciences, Sunway University, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
- Sunway Medical Centre, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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- Department of Medical Sciences, School of Healthcare and Medical Sciences, Sunway University, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
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Dana D, Gadhiya SV, St Surin LG, Li D, Naaz F, Ali Q, Paka L, Yamin MA, Narayan M, Goldberg ID, Narayan P. Deep Learning in Drug Discovery and Medicine; Scratching the Surface. Molecules 2018; 23:E2384. [PMID: 30231499 PMCID: PMC6225282 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23092384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Revised: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The practice of medicine is ever evolving. Diagnosing disease, which is often the first step in a cure, has seen a sea change from the discerning hands of the neighborhood physician to the use of sophisticated machines to use of information gleaned from biomarkers obtained by the most minimally invasive of means. The last 100 or so years have borne witness to the enormous success story of allopathy, a practice that found favor over earlier practices of medical purgatory and homeopathy. Nevertheless, failures of this approach coupled with the omics and bioinformatics revolution spurred precision medicine, a platform wherein the molecular profile of an individual patient drives the selection of therapy. Indeed, precision medicine-based therapies that first found their place in oncology are rapidly finding uses in autoimmune, renal and other diseases. More recently a new renaissance that is shaping everyday life is making its way into healthcare. Drug discovery and medicine that started with Ayurveda in India are now benefiting from an altogether different artificial intelligence (AI)-one which is automating the invention of new chemical entities and the mining of large databases in health-privacy-protected vaults. Indeed, disciplines as diverse as language, neurophysiology, chemistry, toxicology, biostatistics, medicine and computing have come together to harness algorithms based on transfer learning and recurrent neural networks to design novel drug candidates, a priori inform on their safety, metabolism and clearance, and engineer their delivery but only on demand, all the while cataloging and comparing omics signatures across traditionally classified diseases to enable basket treatment strategies. This review highlights inroads made and being made in directed-drug design and molecular therapy.
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- Dibyendu Dana
- Department of Preclinical Research, Angion Biomedica Corporation, Nassau, NY 11553, USA.
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- Department of Preclinical Research, Angion Biomedica Corporation, Nassau, NY 11553, USA.
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- Department of Preclinical Research, Angion Biomedica Corporation, Nassau, NY 11553, USA.
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- Department of Preclinical Research, Angion Biomedica Corporation, Nassau, NY 11553, USA.
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- Department of Preclinical Research, Angion Biomedica Corporation, Nassau, NY 11553, USA.
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- Department of Preclinical Research, Angion Biomedica Corporation, Nassau, NY 11553, USA.
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- Department of Preclinical Research, Angion Biomedica Corporation, Nassau, NY 11553, USA.
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- Department of Preclinical Research, Angion Biomedica Corporation, Nassau, NY 11553, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
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- Department of Preclinical Research, Angion Biomedica Corporation, Nassau, NY 11553, USA.
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- Department of Preclinical Research, Angion Biomedica Corporation, Nassau, NY 11553, USA.
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Oprea D, Ionescu EV, Stanciu LE, Oprea C, Badiu R, Iliescu MG. The severity of the articular deformities of the hands depending on the seropositivity in rheumatoid arthritis. ARS MEDICA TOMITANA 2017. [DOI: 10.1515/arsm-2017-0035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), met in the literature also as chronic evolving polyarthritis, is a chronic inflammatory disease, which typically involves the small and medium joints, with a symmetric distribution. Clinical studies shown that a proportion of patients with RA, without measurable rheumatoid factors are a distinct entity from those patients with seropositive RA. Around one third of patients with RA are seronegative for those two serological markers, the rheumatoid factors (RF) and anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (Anti-CCP). Hands are the most frequently affected in both seropositive and seronegative RA and the first joints involved in the inflammatory process are the metacarpo-phalangeal joints, IFP joints and the radiocarpian joint. The big joints become later symptomatic, after the small joints are affected. Materials and methods: 66 patients files and the personal records of the patients consecutively admitted in the Rheumatology Department of the Clinical Emergency County Hospital Constanta. Patients from county Constanta were included in the study, with diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (diagnosis confirmed at least 2 years ago), including both forms (seropositive and seronegative) of the disease. The complete clinical exam was done for the patients included in the study, following the identification of the active joint disease. The mechanical status of the joint was observed by a single evaluator for each of those 66 patients with RA, with special focus on the presence of the deformities / ankyloses of the hands joints. Therefore, there were evaluated: the mobility (the number of the joints with limited movements), deformities, ankyloses (the number of the joints without mobility). The joint mobility was assessed by counting the hand joints with limited movements and the worsening of the prehension function. The presence of the following hand deformities was followed: fingers in “swan neck”, “fusiform fingers”, the thumb “in Z”, and the aspect of “hand in the shape of a camel back”. For evaluating the painful or swollen joints we used: the 28 joint index, the overall evaluation of the disease activity - by the patient (Patient Global Assessment-PGA) and by the doctor (Medical Doctor Global Assessment- MDGA), the score of disease activity DAS 28 (DAS28 - Disease Activity Score 28), the index of the clinical activity of the disease (Clinical Disease Activity Index- CDAI), as well as the simplified index of activity of the disease (Simplified Disease Activity Index-SDAI). It was determined for each patient the plasma RF and anticitrullinated peptide antibodies. Results and discussion. As expected, there is a bigger frequency of female patients in both forms of the disease (seropositive and seronegative) and regarding males the recurrence is approximate equal between those two groups. By comparing the frequency of the joint deformities at hand level between the 2 groups of patients included in the study (seropositive PR and seronegative PR), we saw a superiority of these (with all their forms) in the patients with seropositive polyarthritis. Conclusions. The clinical study done in this work is completing the data offered by the studies of some dedicated authors, who analysed the characteristic elements of rheumatoid arthritis depending on seropositivity. Our results confirm the idea that seronegative rheumatoid arthritis has a more gentle clinical evolution and is a less destructive form of disease.
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- Doiniţa Oprea
- Faculty of Medicine, University „Ovidius” of Constanţa , Romania
- Balnear and Rehabilitation Sanatorium Techirghiol, Constanţa , Romania
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- Faculty of Medicine, University „Ovidius” of Constanţa , Romania
- Balnear and Rehabilitation Sanatorium Techirghiol, Constanţa , Romania
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- Faculty of Medicine, University „Ovidius” of Constanţa , Romania
- Balnear and Rehabilitation Sanatorium Techirghiol, Constanţa , Romania
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- Balnear and Rehabilitation Sanatorium Techirghiol, Constanţa , Romania
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- Faculty of Medicine, University „Ovidius” of Constanţa , Romania
- Clinical Rehabilitation Hospital, Eforie Nord , Romania
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Anti -citrullinated peptide antibodies profiling in established rheumatoid arthritis. Joint Bone Spine 2017; 85:441-445. [PMID: 28826660 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2017.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Anti-citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies (ACPA) represent an important tool for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the presence of multiple ACPA specificities is highly correlated with the evolution towards RA. However, little is known about the association of single specificities with disease manifestations and response to therapy in established RA. The aim of this work is to evaluate in a retrospective study the clinico-serological association of ACPA detected using VCP1 and VCP2 (EBV-derived citrullinated peptides) and HCP1 and HCP2 (histone-H4-derived citrulinated peptides) in established RA. METHODS In 413 RA patients, anti-VCP1, -VCP2, -HCP1, -HCP2 were measured by ELISA. Patients were evaluated for systemic involvement, disease activity/severity, ongoing and past therapies. Data were analyzed by cluster analysis (CA) and principal component analysis (PCA). RESULTS Anti-VCP1 were detected in 44% of RA patients; anti-VCP2 in 52%; anti-HCP1 in 46% and anti-HCP2 in 63%. CA and PCA independently demonstrated that ACPA levels are associated with RF positivity, and lung involvement. Subdividing patients in 5 groups according to the number of anti-peptide antibodies, mean antibody level and RF positivity, as well as the frequency of lung involvement, progressively increase in parallel with the number of ACPA specificities. CONCLUSIONS Higher number/levels of ACPA subtypes is associated with lung involvement but not with erosive disease. Moreover, a broader ACPA repertoire may identify patients treated with biological therapy, probably affected by a more severe disease. In conclusion, ACPA typing might be relevant for a better characterization of some disease features in established RA.
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HLA-DRB1 alleles in Egyptian rheumatoid arthritis patients: Relations to anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies, disease activity and severity. EGYPTIAN RHEUMATOLOGIST 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejr.2016.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bennike TB, Ellingsen T, Glerup H, Bonderup OK, Carlsen TG, Meyer MK, Bøgsted M, Christiansen G, Birkelund S, Andersen V, Stensballe A. Proteome Analysis of Rheumatoid Arthritis Gut Mucosa. J Proteome Res 2016; 16:346-354. [PMID: 27627584 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory joint disease leading to cartilage damage and ultimately impaired joint function. To gain new insight into the systemic immune manifestations of RA, we characterized the colon mucosa proteome from 11 RA-patients and 10 healthy controls. The biopsies were extracted by colonoscopy and analyzed by label-free quantitative proteomics, enabling the quantitation of 5366 proteins. The abundance of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) was statistically significantly increased in RA-patient biopsies compared with controls and correlated with the administered dosage of methotrexate (MTX), the most frequently prescribed immunosuppressive drug for RA. Additionally, our data suggest that treatment with Leflunomide, a common alternative to MTX, increases DHFR. The findings were supported by immunohistochemistry with confocal microscopy, which furthermore demonstrated that DHFR was located in the cytosol of the intestinal epithelial and interstitial cells. Finally, we identified 223 citrullinated peptides from 121 proteins. Three of the peptides were unique to RA. The list of citrullinated proteins was enriched in extracellular and membrane proteins and included known targets of anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs). Our findings support that the colon mucosa could trigger the production of ACPAs, which could contribute to the onset of RA. The MS data have been deposited to ProteomeXchange with identifiers PXD001608 and PXD003082.
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- Tue Bjerg Bennike
- Departments of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital , Odense DK-5000, Denmark.,University Research Clinic for Innovative Patient Pathways, Aarhus University , Aarhus DK- 8000, Denmark
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- University Research Clinic for Innovative Patient Pathways, Aarhus University , Aarhus DK- 8000, Denmark.,Diagnostic Center, Section of Gastroenterology, Regional Hospital Silkeborg , Silkeborg DK-8600, Denmark
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- University Research Clinic for Innovative Patient Pathways, Aarhus University , Aarhus DK- 8000, Denmark.,Diagnostic Center, Section of Gastroenterology, Regional Hospital Silkeborg , Silkeborg DK-8600, Denmark
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- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University , Aalborg DK-9220, Denmark
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- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University , Aalborg DK-9220, Denmark.,Department of Rheumatology and Center for Clinical Research, North Denmark Regional Hospital , Hjoerring DK-9800, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University , Aalborg DK-9220, Denmark.,Department of Haematology, Aalborg University Hospital , Aalborg DK-9000, Denmark
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- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University , Aalborg DK-9220, Denmark
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- Institute of Regional Health Research-Center Soenderjylland, University of Southern Denmark , Odense DK-5230, Denmark.,Molecular Diagnostic and Clinical Research Unit, Hospital of Southern Jutland , Aabenraa DK-6200, Denmark
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- Department of Health Science and Technology, Aalborg University , Aalborg DK-9220, Denmark
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Dibekkaya H, Saylan Y, Yılmaz F, Derazshamshir A, Denizli A. Surface plasmon resonance sensors for real-time detection of cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies. JOURNAL OF MACROMOLECULAR SCIENCE PART A-PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/10601325.2016.1201756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies and their value for predicting responses to biologic agents: a review. Rheumatol Int 2016; 36:1043-63. [PMID: 27271502 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-016-3506-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPAs) play an important pathogenic role both at the onset and during the disease course. These antibodies precede the clinical appearance of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and are associated with a less favorable prognosis, both clinically and radiologically. The objective of this work was to conduct a comprehensive review of studies published through September 2015 of ACPAs' role as a predictor of the therapeutic response to the biological agents in RA patients. The review also includes summary of the biology and detection of ACPAs as well as ACPAs in relation to joint disease and CV disease and the possible role of seroconversion. The reviews of studies examining TNF inhibitors and tocilizumab yielded negative results. In the case of rituximab, the data indicated a greater probability of clinical benefit in ACPA(+) patients versus ACPA(-) patients, as has been previously described for rheumatoid factor. Nonetheless, the effect is discreet and heterogeneous. Another drug that may have greater effectiveness in ACPA(+) patients is abatacept. Some studies have suggested that the drug is more efficient in ACPA(+) patients and that those patients show greater drug retention. In a subanalysis of the AMPLE trial, patients with very high ACPA titers who were treated with abatacept had a statistically significant response compared to patients with lower titers. In summary, the available studies suggest that the presence of or high titers of ACPA may predict a better response to rituximab and/or abatacept. Evidence regarding TNFi and tocilizumab is lacking. However, there is a lack of studies with appropriate designs to demonstrate that some drugs are superior to others for ACPA(+) patients.
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Scherer J, Rainsford KD, Kean CA, Kean WF. Pharmacology of intra-articular triamcinolone. Inflammopharmacology 2014; 22:201-17. [DOI: 10.1007/s10787-014-0205-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ren TL, Han ZJ, Yang CJ, Hang YX, Fang DY, Wang K, Zhu X, Ji XJ, Zhou FF. Association ofSLC22A4Gene Polymorphism with Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Chinese Population. J Biochem Mol Toxicol 2014; 28:206-10. [PMID: 24599653 DOI: 10.1002/jbt.21554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2013] [Revised: 01/15/2014] [Accepted: 02/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Tian-li Ren
- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, the Second People′s Hospital of Wuxi; Wuxi 214002 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, the Second People′s Hospital of Wuxi; Wuxi 214002 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, the Second People′s Hospital of Wuxi; Wuxi 214002 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, the Second People′s Hospital of Wuxi; Wuxi 214002 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, the Second People′s Hospital of Wuxi; Wuxi 214002 People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine; Ministry of Health; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine; Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine; Wuxi 214063 Jiangsu Province People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine; Ministry of Health; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Molecular Nuclear Medicine; Jiangsu Institute of Nuclear Medicine; Wuxi 214063 Jiangsu Province People's Republic of China
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- Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, the Second People′s Hospital of Wuxi; Wuxi 214002 People's Republic of China
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- Faculty of Pharmacy; University of Sydney; Sydney NSW 2006 Australia
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Hamad MB, Marzouk S, Kaddour N, Masmoudi H, Fakhfakh F, Rebai A, Bahloul Z, Maalej A. Anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibody and rheumatoid factor in south Tunisian patients with rheumatoid arthritis: association with disease activity and severity. J Clin Lab Anal 2013; 28:21-6. [PMID: 24375820 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.21638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To explore relationships between immunological status, clinical features, radiographic damage, disease activity, and functional disability in Tunisian patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was carried out in 112 patients with RA. Demographic characteristics, disease duration, disease activity score 28 (DAS28), the Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ), and the Sharp/van der Heijde score were collected. Anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (anti-CCP) and rheumatoid factor (RF) were performed. RESULTS We found that anti-CCP positivity was associated with longer disease duration (P = 0.001), presence of RF (P = 4.89 × 10(-8) ), and night pain positivity (P = 0.025). Patients with positive RF had more night pain and higher anti-CCP positivity (for all P ≤ 0.05). Anti-CCP titer was correlated with disease duration (P = 0.034) and Sharp total score (P = 1.2 × 10(-4) ). Moreover, there was a significant correlation between RF and anti-CCP antibodies titers (P = 0.011). Indeed, DAS28 correlated with HAQ (P = 1.8 × 10(-7) ) and morning stiffness duration (P = 0.045). In multivariate regression analysis, the main factors associated with anti-CCP titers were radiographic damage (P = 1.625 × 10(-4) ) and RF (P = 0.013). For DAS28, only HAQ (P = 2.9 × 10(-4) ) was associated. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that anti-CCP antibodies are associated with RF and more severe joint damage. Moreover, disease activity is associated with functional disability.
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- Mariem Ben Hamad
- Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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Gori A, Longhi R, Peri C, Colombo G. Peptides for immunological purposes: design, strategies and applications. Amino Acids 2013; 45:257-68. [DOI: 10.1007/s00726-013-1526-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Gressner AM, Arndt T. A. LEXIKON DER MEDIZINISCHEN LABORATORIUMSDIAGNOSTIK 2013. [PMCID: PMC7123472 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12921-6_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Kim SK, Bae J, Lee H, Kim JH, Park SH, Choe JY. Greater prevalence of seropositivity for anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody in unaffected first-degree relatives in multicase rheumatoid arthritis-affected families. Korean J Intern Med 2013; 28:45-53. [PMID: 23345996 PMCID: PMC3543960 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2013.28.1.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2012] [Revised: 05/02/2012] [Accepted: 06/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/AIMS This study determined the prevalence and determinants of seropositivity for rheumatoid factor (RF), anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibody, and anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin (anti-MCV) antibody in unaffected first-degree relatives (FDRs) of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. METHODS A total of 337 subjects (135 with RA and 202 FDRs) were enrolled in this case-control study. Serum RF, anti-CCP antibody, and anti-MCV antibody were assayed. Subjects in multicase families (≥ 2 affected FDRs within the same family) were identified. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify risk factors associated with RA-related autoantibodies. RESULTS Seropositivity for RF, anti-CCP antibody, or anti-MCV antibody was detected in 14.4%, 5.0%, or 13.4% of unaffected FDRs, respectively. Anti-CCP antibody seropositivity was more prevalent in FDRs in multicase families (17.8%) than in those not in multicase families (1.3%, p < 0.0001). Significant correlations between RA-associated autoantibodies were detected in the FDR group (between RF and anti-CCP antibody: r = 0.366, p < 0.0001; between RF and anti-MCV antibody: r = 0.343, p < 0.0001; and between anti-CCP antibody and anti-MCV antibody: r = 0.849, p < 0.0001). After adjustment for age and sex, anti-CCP antibody seropositivity in FDRs was significantly associated with being in a multicase family (odds ratio, 49.8; 95% confidence interval, 5.6 to 441.6). CONCLUSIONS The association between anti-CCP antibody seropositivity in unaffected FDRs and being in a multicase family suggests that genetic and/or environmental factors may increase the risk for RA development in unaffected FDRs.
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- Seong-Kyu Kim
- Department of Internal Medicine, Arthritis and Autoimmunity Research Center, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Arthritis and Autoimmunity Research Center, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Arthritis and Autoimmunity Research Center, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Arthritis and Autoimmunity Research Center, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Arthritis and Autoimmunity Research Center, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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Oligonucleotide-peptide conjugates: solid-phase synthesis under acidic conditions and use in ELISA assays. Molecules 2012; 17:13825-43. [PMID: 23174899 PMCID: PMC6268656 DOI: 10.3390/molecules171213825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Revised: 11/16/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Here we used solid-phase methods to prepare oligonucleotides carrying fibrin/ filaggrin citrullinated peptides. Post-synthetic conjugation protocols were successfully applied for the synthesis of oligonucleotides carrying small peptides. A stepwise protocol using acid treatment for the final deprotection allowed the preparation of polypyrimidine oligonucleotides carrying longer and arginine-rich peptides. An ELISA-based test using the oligonucleotide-citrullinated peptide conjugates was developed for the detection of anti-citrullinated protein/peptide antibodies in human serum from rheumatoid arthritis patients.
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Kilpatrick DC. Birds, babies and blood. Mol Immunol 2012; 55:35-47. [PMID: 22998851 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2012.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2012] [Revised: 08/20/2012] [Accepted: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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This is an autobiographical review describing the author's career in immunology research and summarizing his current understanding of the areas involved. Contributions to autoimmunity, immune deficiency, transfusion immunology, HLA-disease associations, reproductive immunology, cellular therapies, and innate immunity are included; also discussion of medical research ethics and various research-related activities.
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- David C Kilpatrick
- Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, National Science Laboratory, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
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A sensitive diagnostic assay of rheumatoid arthritis using three-dimensional ZnO nanorod structure. Biosens Bioelectron 2011; 28:378-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2011.07.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2011] [Revised: 07/18/2011] [Accepted: 07/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibodies against citrullinated antigens. The importance of citrulline for the epitopes bound by these autoantibodies, referred to as ACPA (anti-citrullinated peptide/protein antibodies), was first described in 1998. In addition to citrullinated proteins, cyclic citrullinated peptides (CCP) can also be used as test substrates for detecting ACPA. The standard test for these antibodies is the second-generation CCP (CCP2) test, which is one of the best in terms of sensitivity and specificity. The generation of ACPA is an early event in the disease course, and is dependent on the presence of certain MHC class II alleles. ACPA in the inflamed synovium have been shown to associate with citrullinated antigens to form immune complexes, resulting in progression of the inflammatory process. The involvement of ACPA in the chronicity of RA is probably the reason why ACPA-positive patients have a more erosive disease course than ACPA-negative patients. The presence of ACPA has been included in the 2010 RA classification criteria. Thus, it is important to further standardize ACPA testing, for example by including an internal serum standard, which may lead to a better distinction between low and high ACPA levels.
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Rottmann M. Anti-CCP: Challenges in quantifying auto-antibodies and creating international reference materials. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation 2010; 242:44-5. [DOI: 10.3109/00365513.2010.493381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Meta-analysis: diagnostic value of serum anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatol Int 2010; 31:785-94. [PMID: 20221607 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1343-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2009] [Accepted: 12/27/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Conventional tests are not always helpful in making a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study aimed to comprehensively and quantitatively summarize the evidence on the accuracy of anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin (MCV) assay in the diagnosis of RA. A comprehensive meta-review of data on the accuracy of MCV concentrations in the diagnosis of RA were carried out from 16 published studies. Furthermore, receiver operating characteristic curves were used to summarize the overall test performance. The summary estimates for MCV in the diagnosis of RA were: sensitivity 0.77 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.75-0.78], specificity 0.89 (95% CI 0.87-0.90), positive likelihood ratio (LR+) 7.24 (95% CI 5.60-9.36), negative likelihood ratio (LR-) 0.28 (95% CI 0.23-0.34) and diagnostic odds ratio 29.66 (95% CI 21.09-41.71). The area under the summary receiver operating characteristic curves was 0.92. Data from meta-analysis suggest the accuracy of MCV assay in the diagnosis of RA is high, but ultimately clinician must consider the results of MCV tests combing with other conventional examinations and the clinical feature.
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Dayan İ, Tıkız C, Taneli F, Ulman C, Ulutaş G, Tüzün Ç. Relationship Between Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies Positivity and HLA-DRB1 Shared Epitope Alleles in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Turkey. Arch Rheumatol 2010. [DOI: 10.46497/tjr.2010.02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/22/2023] Open
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Objective: The most characteristic genetic risk factors for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope (SE) alleles, encode for a common amino acid sequence in the peptide-presenting part of the HLA class II molecule. These SE alleles have been described recently to be a risk factor for the development of antibodies against citrullinated proteins in RA. The current study was performed to investigate the association between the cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP) and HLA-DR1 HLA-DRB1 shared epitope alleles in patients with RA in Turkey.
Materials and Methods: Sixty patients with RA who were newly diagnosed or under conventional treatment in our clinic and 60 healthy volunteers as controls were enrolled in the study. In patients with RA anti-CCP levels were investigated with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and HLA-DRB1 subtyping and SE was assessed by polymerase chain reaction. Only anti-CCP was measured in healthy volunteers.
Results: SE was positive in 50% of the patients with RA. Amongst the SE carriers, 30% of them were carrying double copy of SE. While anti-CCP was positive in 73,3% of patients with RA, this ratio was 0% in healthy volunteers. We determined that the existence of SE increases the positivity of anti-CCP (OR=4,3, 95% [CI], P=0.04 ), and a significant relationship was found between the anti-CCP positivity and the RF positivity. (OR=5,3, 95% [CI] P<0.05).
Conclusion: The results of the present study revealed that Turkish patients with RA carrying SE with HLA-DRB1 genes is significantly related with the production of anti-CCP. The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of anti-CCP for RA is determined as 73,3% and 100% respectively. (Turk J Rheumatol 2010; 25: 12-8)
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Papini AM. The use of post-translationally modified peptides for detection of biomarkers of immune-mediated diseases. J Pept Sci 2009; 15:621-8. [PMID: 19714713 DOI: 10.1002/psc.1166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Biomarkers are decision-making tools at the basis of clinical diagnostics and essential for guiding therapeutic treatments. In this context, autoimmune diseases represent a class of disorders that need early diagnosis and steady monitoring. These diseases are usually associated with humoral or cell-mediated immune reactions against one or more of the body's own constituents. Autoantibodies fluctuating in biological fluids can be used as disease biomarkers and they can be, thus, detected by diagnostic immunoassays using native autoantigens. However, it is now accepted that post-translational modifications may affect the immunogenicity of self-protein antigens, triggering an autoimmune response and creating neo-antigens. In this case, post-translationally modified peptides represent a more valuable tool with respect to isolated or recombinant proteins. In fact, synthetic peptides can be specifically modified to mimic neo-antigens and to selectively detect autoantibodies as disease biomarkers. A 'chemical reverse approach' to select synthetic peptides, bearing specific post-translational modifications, able to fishing out autoantibodies from patients' biological fluids, can be successfully applied for the development of specific in vitro diagnostic/prognostic assays of autoimmune diseases. Herein, we report the successful application of this approach to the identification of biomarkers in different autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis.
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- Anna Maria Papini
- Laboratory of Peptide & Protein Chemistry & Biology, Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico, Via della Lastruccia 13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
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A comparison of performance of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide 2 and citrullinated protein antibodies in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis in Iranian patients. Rheumatol Int 2009; 30:461-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-0980-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2009] [Accepted: 05/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Vincent C, Nogueira L, Clavel C, Sebbag M, Serre G. Autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins: ACPA. Autoimmunity 2009; 38:17-24. [PMID: 15804701 DOI: 10.1080/08916930400022582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Anti-perinuclear factor and anti-keratin antibodies have long been known to be specifically associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). They were first demonstrated to target various forms of (pro)filaggrin, a protein of stratified epithelia. Then, they were found to belong to a single family of autoantibodies targeting proteins that bear peptidic epitopes centered by a citrullyl residue: the anti-citrullinated protein autoantibodies (ACPA). The main targets of ACPA in the synovial tissue were demonstrated to be citrullinated forms of the a- and beta-chains of fibrin. A chronic conflict between locally produced ACPA and deposits of citrullinated fibrin is probably responsible for self-maintaining of RA synovial inflammation. Various tests for the detection of ACPA have been developed: recent ELISAs confirm their high diagnostic specificity and improve their diagnostic sensitivity. Since ACPA appear very early in the course of the disease, their detection is of major interest to identify RA among recent arthritides. Moreover, their prognostic value may lead to start early 'aggressive' treatments to prevent irreversible joint damage.
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- Christian Vincent
- "Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity"; UMR 5165 CNRS-Toulouse III University, IFR30 (CNRS-INSERM-Toulouse III University-CHU de Toulouse) Toulouse France
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Liao F, Li Z, Wang Y, Shi B, Gong Z, Cheng X. Porphyromonas gingivalis may play an important role in the pathogenesis of periodontitis-associated rheumatoid arthritis. Med Hypotheses 2009; 72:732-5. [PMID: 19246161 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2008.12.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2008] [Revised: 12/02/2008] [Accepted: 12/07/2008] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common, systemic autoimmune disease which leads to destruction of the joint architecture and consequent disability. Although the aetiology of RA remains unknown, accumulating studies have established a strong association between RA and periodontitis (PD). Recently, anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) autoantibody and citrullinated peptide have been realized to be involved in the breaking of self-tolerance and development of autoimmune in RA. The citrullinated peptide is generated by post-translational modification (citrullination) of protein-bound arginine by peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD). Porphyromonas gingivalis(P. gingivalis), the major aetiological agent of PD and the only bacterium known to express a PAD enzyme, has been reported to be significantly associated with RA. The antibody titers to P. gingivalis are significantly increased in patients with RA and P. gingivalis antibody titers are significantly correlated with anti-CCP antibody isotypes that are specific to RA. Recent study indicates that the major synovial targets of the RA-specific anti-CCP autoantibodies are deiminated forms of the alpha- and beta- chains of fibrin. Meanwhile, it is also confirmed that bacterial PAD produced by P. gingivalis has the capacity of deiminating arginine in fibrin found in the periodontal lesion. What's more, it has been demonstrated that citrullination of HLA binding peptide causes a 100-fold increase in peptide-MHC affinity and leads to the activation CD4(+)T cells in HLA DRB1 0401 transgenic mice. Therefore, we postulate that P. gingivalis may play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of periodontitis-associated RA. P. gingivalis, which colonizes in the oral cavity, produces PAD enzyme continuously that leads to the citrullination of RA autoantigen such as fibrin in synovium joint. These PAD engendered antigens, presented in association with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules by antigen-presenting cells (APC), ultimately lead to production of the anti-CCP antibody. The anti-CCP antibodies form immune complexes with citrullinated proteins, which can be bound by inflammatory cells via their Fc receptors. The roles of these immune complexes and inflammatory cells are mediated by a complex cascade involving complement activation. These mechanisms result in a release of mediators of inflammation and joint destruction ultimately leading to the onset of RA. This hypothesis reveals that oral bacterial infection may play a role in peptide citrullination which might be involved in loss of self-tolerance and development of autoimmune in RA.
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- Feng Liao
- Key Laboratory for Oral Biomedical Engineering of Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, 237# Luo Yu Road, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China
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Mutlu N, Bicakcigil M, Tasan DA, Kaya A, Yavuz S, Ozden AI. Comparative performance analysis of 4 different anti-citrullinated protein assays in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 2009; 36:491-500. [PMID: 19228660 DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic performances of 2 recently developed assays, third-generation anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP3) and anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin (anti-MCV), in comparison to conventional second-generation anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP2) assay; and to assess a novel fully automated, random-access AxSYM anti-CCP assay for early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS A cohort of 176 patients was enrolled in our study; 93 were diagnosed as having RA. The non-RA group consisted of 83 patients including 38 with systemic lupus erythematosus, 17 with primary Sjögren's syndrome, 11 with osteoarthritis, and 17 healthy controls. All were tested for presence of anti-CCP2, anti-CCP3, AxSYM anti-CCP, anti-MCV, and rheumatoid factor (RF)-IgM according to the manufacturers' instructions. RESULTS Diagnostic performance of the assays revealed the highest area under the curve for the novel AxSYM anti-CCP [89.1; 95% confidence interval (CI) 84.3-93.8], followed by anti-CCP3 (86.7; 95% CI 81.6-91.9), anti-CCP2 (82; 95% CI 75.8-88.3), and anti-MCV (71.9; 95% CI 64.4-79.5). The sensitivities and specificities were 60.2% and 98.8% for anti-CCP2, 61.3% and 97.6% for anti-CCP3, 80.6% and 84.3% for AxSYM anti-CCP, 49.8% and 91.6% for anti-MCV, and 67.8% and 91.6% for RF-IgM, respectively. CONCLUSION At cutoff of 5 U/ml, AxSYM anti-CCP emerged as a highly sensitive first-line early diagnostic tool for RA, with the greatest discrimination power, above 16 U/ml, in case of positive result. Using a single easily performed automated assay at 2 determined decision limits we were able to diagnose 81% of cases of RA and missing only 1.2%.
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- Nilgun Mutlu
- Department of Biochemistry, Yeditepe University Hospital, Devlet Yolu Ankara, Caddesi, 34752 Istanbul, Turkey.
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Real-Fernández F, Colson A, Bayardon J, Nuti F, Peroni E, Meunier-Prest R, Lolli F, Chelli M, Darcel C, Jugé S, Papini AM. Ferrocenyl glycopeptides as electrochemical probes to detect autoantibodies in multiple sclerosis patients' sera. Biopolymers 2009; 90:488-95. [PMID: 18273890 DOI: 10.1002/bip.20955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Glycopeptide analogues of CSF114(Glc), modified at N-terminus with new ferrocenyl carboxylic acid and a new ferrocenyl-thiphosphino amino acid, were used to implement a new electrochemical biosensor for autoantibody detection in multiple sclerosis. The ferrocenyl moiety of these "electrochemical probes" did not affect autoantibody recognition both in SP-ELISA and in inhibition experiments. By electrochemical monitoring the interactions of the modified peptides Fc-CSF114(Glc) and 4-FcPhP(S)Abu-CSF114(Glc) with the autoantibodies, we demonstrated that autoantibodies could be detected with a sensitivity comparable to ELISA method. The new electrochemical probes can be proposed to characterize autoantibodies as biomarkers of multiple sclerosis by a simple, rapid, and reproducible cyclic voltammetry-based diagnostic methodology.
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- Feliciana Real-Fernández
- Laboratory of Peptide and Protein Chemistry and Biology, Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico, Department of Organic Chemistry Ugo Schiff and CNR ICCOM, University of Florence, and Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi, Firenze, Italy
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Beltrami A, Rossmann M, Fiorillo MT, Paladini F, Sorrentino R, Saenger W, Kumar P, Ziegler A, Uchanska-Ziegler B. Citrullination-dependent differential presentation of a self-peptide by HLA-B27 subtypes. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:27189-99. [PMID: 18650441 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m802818200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Inflammatory processes are accompanied by the posttranslational modification of certain arginine residues within proteins to yield citrulline, although it is largely unknown how this modification influences antigen presentation. We employed crystallographic and functional studies to investigate whether the exchange of arginine to citrulline affects the display of a peptide by two human major histocompatibility antigen class I subtypes, HLA-B(*)2705 and HLA-B(*)2709. Both differ only in residue 116 within the peptide binding groove despite their differential association with ankylosing spondylitis, an inflammatory rheumatic disorder. The crystal structures described here show that a modified self-peptide, pVIPR-U5 (RRKWURWHL; U = citrulline), is presented by the two HLA-B27 molecules in distinct conformations. These binding modes differ not only drastically from each other but also from the conformations exhibited by the non-citrullinated peptide in a given subtype. The differential reactivity of HLA-B27-restricted cytotoxic T cells with modified or unmodified pVIPR supports the structural findings and shows that the presentation of citrullinated peptides has the potential to influence immune responses.
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- Alessandra Beltrami
- Institut für Immungenetik, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Freie Universität Berlin, Thielallee 73, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Wu R, Shovman O, Zhang Y, Gilburd B, Zandman-Goddard G, Shoenfeld Y. Increased prevalence of anti-third generation cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and CREST syndrome. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2007; 32:47-56. [PMID: 17426360 DOI: 10.1007/bf02686081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1999] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/30/1999] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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To investigate the prevalence of anti-third generation cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP3) in patients with systemic connective tissue diseases, we assembled a training set consisting of 115 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 52 with Calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, oesophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia (CREST) syndrome, 21 with scleroderma, 20 with ankylosing spondylitis, 18 with reactive arthritis, 25 with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 51 with osteoarthritis, 26 with mixed connective tissue disease, 23 with primary Sjogren's syndrome, 74 with systemic lupus erythematosus, 49 with Polymyalgia rheumatica, and 39 with polymyositis/dermatomyositis. The commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect anti-CCP antibodies, including anti-CCP2 (regular, second generation of CCP antigen) and anti-CCP3 (third generation of CCP antigen) in disease-related specimens and normal controls. These serum samples were also evaluated for anti-centomere antibodies by anti-centromere ELISA kit. The higher frequencies of anti-CCP3 and anti-CCP2 were detected in 75.6 and 70.4% patients with RA, respectively. At the same time, anti-CCP3 (not anti-CCP2) was significantly increased in samples isolated from patients with CREST syndrome. The clinical sensitivity of IgG anti-CCP3 for the patients with CREST syndrome was 29% (15 of 52) and the specificity was 96% (384 of 397), with the exception of the RA group. The anti-centromere antibodies were significantly higher in patients with CREST only. The results of our study suggest that compared to anti-CCP2 assay, the new anti-CCP3 assay can enhance the clinical sensitivity for diagnosis of RA and, as an associate marker combined with anticentromere, can distinguish CREST syndrome from other systemic connective tissue diseases, especially RA. The clinical specificity of anti-CCP3 was lower than anti-CCP2 assay in diagnosis of RA because of the crossreaction to the patients with CREST syndrome.
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- R Wu
- Pathway Diagnostics Inc., Malibu, CA, USA
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Raptopoulou A, Sidiropoulos P, Katsouraki M, Boumpas DT. Anti-citrulline antibodies in the diagnosis and prognosis of rheumatoid arthritis: evolving concepts. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 2007; 44:339-63. [PMID: 17558653 DOI: 10.1080/10408360701295623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Citrulline is a non-standard amino acid that can be incorporated into proteins only by post-translational modification of arginine by peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) enzymes during a variety of biologic processes, including inflammation. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease, with a prevalence of 0.3 to 1% worldwide, which leads to progressive joint erosion and substantial disability if not treated early. A reliable and specific test for a marker present early in the disease would be useful to identify RA patients prior to the occurrence of joint damage. A new group of autoantibodies, the anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP), can be detected in up to 80% of patients with RA, are highly specific for the disease, and may be of value for both the diagnosis and the prognosis of RA. The fact that these antibodies may appear before the onset of the disease suggests a potential role in primary prevention. Interestingly, they may also play a role in the pathophysiology of this disabling disease. The process of citrullination, its physiologic role, and citrullination-related pathologies, as well as the use of anti-citrullinated protein antibody tests (ACPA) for the early diagnosis and prognosis of RA and their potential role in the pathophysiology of the disease, are discussed.
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- Amalia Raptopoulou
- Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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Balsa A, Pascual-Salcedo D, Martín J. [Antibodies to citrullinated peptides in rheumathoid arthritis]. Med Clin (Barc) 2007; 128:668-73. [PMID: 17537367 DOI: 10.1157/13102061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation of the synovial joints leading to progressive joint destruction. The serum of these patients contains a large repertoire of autoantibodies, mainly rheumatoid factor, which is part of the ACR classification criteria in spite of having only moderate specificity. Antibodies directed to citrullinated proteins provide clinicians with a valuable tool for early diagnosis. It has been shown that these antibodies can be detected years before presentation of the first symptom and are very useful for diagnosis and prognosis, due to good sensitivity and specificity and prediction of development of erosive disease. The immune response against citrullinated antigens is characteristic of an immuno-genetic subtype of disease, in which the combined role of genes, environmental factors and autoimmunity has become the prime suspected for disease pathogenesis. A model is proposed of how these antibodies are produced and lead to chronic synovial inflammation.
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- Alejandro Balsa
- Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España.
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Pérez ML, Gómara MJ, Ercilla G, Sanmartí R, Haro I. Antibodies to citrullinated human fibrinogen synthetic peptides in diagnosing rheumatoid arthritis. J Med Chem 2007; 50:3573-84. [PMID: 17585853 DOI: 10.1021/jm0701932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Since aggressive therapy given early in the rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease course has the greatest therapeutic potential, early diagnostic tests with both high specificity and sensitivity are desirable. Rheumatoid sera were found to contain antibodies against citrullinated peptides, which are considered to be highly specific markers of RA. In the present work several analogues of the alpha- and beta-chains of fibrin peptides containing different degrees of citrullination have been synthesized and analyzed by ELISA using 111 sera from RA patients. In addition, we have also investigated the synergistic effects of different presentation formats of the synthetic constructs. We have designed chimeric and cyclic peptides that bear different peptide sequences within the same molecule. Our results indicate that the synthesis of peptides bearing fibrinogen and filaggrin domains could be a robust method for the design of useful diagnostic strategies in RA.
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- María L Pérez
- Department of Peptide and Protein Chemistry, IIQAB-CSIC Jordi Girona, 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Wiik AS. The immune response to citrullinated proteins in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rev Allergy Immunol 2007; 32:13-22. [PMID: 17426357 DOI: 10.1007/bf02686078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1999] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/30/1999] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This article reviews data concerning the applicability of anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies in the diagnosis, estimation of prognosis, and follow-up of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The production of anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies is closely associated with the presence of the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope, a known risk factor for development of RA, and the production may be influenced by environmental factors such as tobacco smoking. Patients who harbor this antibody from the early stage of their disease develop more severe erosive disease than patients with RA who lack the antibody. The anti-citrullinated peptide antibody level may be a reflection of disease activity, at least in the early phase of the disease. The antibody can sometimes be found several years before the onset of clinical symptoms of RA, which may represent an open window for preventive measures to be taken.
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- Allan S Wiik
- Department of Autoimmunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen S, Denmark.
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Duplan V, Foulquier C, Clavel C, Al Badine R, Serre G, Saoudi A, Sebbag M. In the rat, citrullinated autologous fibrinogen is immunogenic but the induced autoimmune response is not arthritogenic. Clin Exp Immunol 2006; 145:502-12. [PMID: 16907920 PMCID: PMC1809699 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03168.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Conversion of arginyl to citrullyl residues (citrullination) is essential for the formation of the epitopes recognized by rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated autoantibodies to citrullinated proteins (ACPA). ACPA are secreted by plasma cells of the rheumatoid synovial tissue where their major target, citrullinated fibrin, is abundant. Although numerous arguments suggest that ACPA play an important role in RA, their pathological relevance remains to be established. In the present study, we assessed the immunogenicity and arthritogenicity of complete Freund's adjuvant-emulsified autologous citrullinated (C-rFBG) or non-citrullinated (NC-rFBG) fibrinogen in Lewis (LEW) and Brown-Norway rats, which exhibit drastic differences in their susceptibility to induced autoimmune diseases. NC-rFBG induced no antibody response. In contrast, a single injection of C-rFBG induced an IgG response directed mainly to citrullinated determinants of rFBG. However, all rat strains remained devoid of clinical and histological signs of arthritis up to 3 months after C-rFBG inoculation. Next, in LEW rats, we tested whether autoimmunity to C-rFBG could aggravate acute ankle arthritis triggered by intra-articular injection of incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA). However, such arthritis evolved identically in the presence or absence of anti-C-rFBG autoantibodies. However, IFA-injected joints were devoid of citrullinated fibrin deposits. Therefore, citrullination allows breakdown of immunological tolerance but the autoimmune response developed is not spontaneously arthritogenic. Whether or not it can aggravate arthritis with citrullinated fibrin deposits remains to be evaluated.
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- V Duplan
- Laboratory of Epidermis Differentiation and Rheumatoid Autoimmunity, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5165, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier, Institut Fédératif de Recherche, 30, Toulouse, France
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Pérez ML, Gómara MJ, Kasi D, Alonso A, Viñas O, Ercilla G, Sanmartí R, Haro I. Synthesis of Overlapping Fibrin Citrullinated Peptides and their use for Diagnosing Rheumatoid Arthritis. Chem Biol Drug Des 2006; 68:194-200. [PMID: 17105483 DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2006.00438.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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With the aim of developing a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test to detect autoantibodies in the sera of rheumatoid arthritis patients with a high sensitivity and specificity using synthetic citrullinated peptides of fibrin (which is abundant in rheumatoid synovium) as antigenic substract, peptides belonging to alpha- and beta-fibrin chains were selected by computer-aided prediction of antigenicity and epitope mapping and synthesized in solid phase. We analysed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay 133 sera from patients with well-characterized rheumatic diseases, including 67 patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The results of the immunoassays reported highlight the usefulness of fibrin-related peptides in rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis and, especially, the ability and specificity of the [Cit(621,627,630)]alpha-fibrin(617-631) (alpha fib617) peptide sequence to recognize the autoantibodies that are present in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
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- María L Pérez
- Department of Peptide & Protein Chemistry, IIQAB-CSIC Jordi Girona, 18-26 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Montano-Loza A, Czaja AJ, Carpenter HA, Piette A, Murphy D, Shums Z, Burlingame R, Norman GL. Frequency and significance of antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide in type 1 autoimmune hepatitis. Autoimmunity 2006; 39:341-8. [PMID: 16891223 DOI: 10.1080/08916930600783348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Determine the frequency, clinical phenotype, and prognostic implications of antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides in patients with type 1 autoimmune hepatitis. METHODS Three hundred and ninety-five serum samples from 179 patients were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and findings correlated with clinical and histological features, frequency of HLA DR3 and DR4, and treatment outcome. RESULTS Twenty patients (11%) had antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides. Seropositivity was associated with a higher frequency of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (25 vs. 0%, P < 0.001). Patients with antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides also had a significantly greater occurrence of histological cirrhosis at presentation (47 vs. 20%, P = 0.01) and death from hepatic failure than seronegative patients (25 vs. 9%, P = 0.04). Cirrhosis at presentation occurred more commonly in the patients with antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides and RA than in the other patients (100 vs. 21%, P = 0.005). CONCLUSIONS Antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides occur in a subgroup of patients with type 1 autoimmune hepatitis who have a greater occurrence of cirrhosis at presentation and death from hepatic failure. Their presence with RA at accession characterizes a subgroup with cirrhosis.
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- Aldo Montano-Loza
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Caspi D, Anouk M, Golan I, Paran D, Kaufman I, Wigler I, Levartovsky D, Litinsky I, Elkayam O. Synovial fluid levels of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies and IgA rheumatoid factor in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and osteoarthritis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 55:53-6. [PMID: 16463412 DOI: 10.1002/art.21691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the levels of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) and IgA rheumatoid factor (IgA-RF) in synovial fluids of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS Knee effusions of 29 patients with RA (23 women, 6 men; mean +/- SD age 60 +/- 15 years), 20 with PsA (6 women, 14 men; mean age 51 +/- 12 years), and 19 with OA (9 women, 10 men; mean age 73 +/- 11.8 years) were aspirated, tested for white blood cell (WBC) counts, centrifuged, and stored at -20 degrees . Sera of 22, 11, and 12 of these patients with RA, PsA, and OA, respectively, were similarly stored. IgG anti-CCP and IgA-RF were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein levels were used as measures of disease activity. RESULTS Mean levels of synovial fluid anti-CCP and IgA-RF were significantly increased in RA joint effusions compared with PsA and OA (anti-CCP: 150 +/- 134, 34 +/- 29, and 24 +/- 26 units, respectively [P < 0.003]; IgA-RF: 76 +/- 77, 15.7 +/- 10, and 18 +/- 20 units, respectively). No significant difference was noted between OA and PsA. A significant correlation was found between synovial fluid anti-CCP and serum anti-CCP and IgA-RF. In patients with RA, a significant correlation was found between synovial fluid WBC counts and IgA-RF (P = 0.03) and serum IgA-RF (P = 0.008), but not between synovial fluid and serum anti-CCP levels. In RA patients, C-reactive protein correlated with serum IgA-RF. CONCLUSION Anti-CCP and IgA-RF were significantly increased in synovial fluid of RA in comparison with PsA and OA patients.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Area Under Curve
- Arthritis/diagnosis
- Arthritis/immunology
- Arthritis/metabolism
- Arthritis, Psoriatic/diagnosis
- Arthritis, Psoriatic/immunology
- Arthritis, Psoriatic/metabolism
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/diagnosis
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/immunology
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/metabolism
- Biomarkers/metabolism
- Blood Sedimentation
- C-Reactive Protein/metabolism
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin A/blood
- Immunoglobulin A/immunology
- Knee Joint/immunology
- Knee Joint/metabolism
- Leukocyte Count
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Osteoarthritis, Knee/diagnosis
- Osteoarthritis, Knee/immunology
- Osteoarthritis, Knee/metabolism
- Peptides, Cyclic/immunology
- Rheumatoid Factor/blood
- Rheumatoid Factor/immunology
- Sensitivity and Specificity
- Synovial Fluid/immunology
- Synovial Fluid/metabolism
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- Dan Caspi
- Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel
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de Vries RRP, Huizinga TWJ, Toes REM. HLA and RA revisited: citrullinated food for the SE hypothesis, the DR6 effect, and NIMA. Hum Immunol 2006; 67:454-9. [PMID: 16728269 DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2006.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An obvious way to unravel the apparently complex association between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is to reduce the heterogeneity of this multifactorial disease. Recently we have discovered that shared epitope (SE)-positive HLA-DRB1 alleles are exclusively associated with a subgroup of RA patients that test positive for auto-antibodies against cyclic citrullinated peptides. Further studies suggested that SE-positive alleles are classical immune response genes for the development of these antibodies. On the basis of these and other data we formulated a two-hit model for the pathogenesis of RA which incorporates a novel "citrullinated" SE hypothesis. About 5 years ago Zanelli et al. reported that HLA-DR6 (*1301 and *1302) and some other DR alleles that share the DERAA-sequence on amino acids 70-74 of their third hypervariable region are associated with protection from (severe) RA. Recently we corroborated these data in a large prospective cohort study and demonstrated that protection was observed both in the presence and in the absence of a SE susceptibility allele on the other haplotype. Finally we review the state of the art of the association of noninherited maternal HLA antigens with both susceptibility to and protection from RA.
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- René R P de Vries
- Department of Immunohematology/Bloodtransfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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- O M R Westwood
- European Institute for Health and Medical Sciences, Duke of Kent Building, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7TE, UK.
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Pratesi F, Tommasi C, Anzilotti C, Chimenti D, Migliorini P. Deiminated Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 1 is a target of anti–citrullinated protein antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 54:733-41. [PMID: 16508937 DOI: 10.1002/art.21629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that deimination of viral sequences containing Arg-Gly repeats could generate epitopes recognized by anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) that are present in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sera. METHODS Multiple antigen peptides derived from Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA-1) were synthesized, substituting the arginines with citrulline, and were used to screen RA sera. Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies were purified by affinity chromatography and tested on a panel of in vitro deiminated proteins. Their ability to bind in vivo deiminated proteins was evaluated by immunoprecipitation, using EBV-infected cell lines. RESULTS Antibodies specific for a peptide corresponding to the EBNA-1(35-58) sequence containing citrulline in place of arginine (viral citrullinated peptide [VCP]) were detected in 50% of RA sera and in <5% of normal and disease control sera. In addition, affinity-purified anti-VCP antibodies from RA sera reacted with filaggrin-derived citrullinated peptides, with deiminated fibrinogen, and with deiminated recombinant EBNA-1. Moreover, anti-VCP antibodies immunoprecipitated, from the lysate of calcium ionophore-stimulated lymphoblastoid cell lines, an 80-kd band that was reactive with a monoclonal anti-EBNA-1 antibody and with anti-modified citrulline antibodies. CONCLUSION These data indicate that ACPAs react with a viral deiminated protein and suggest that EBV infection may play a role in the induction of these RA-specific antibodies.
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Lim PL, Zouali M. Pathogenic autoantibodies: emerging insights into tissue injury. Immunol Lett 2005; 103:17-26. [PMID: 16325269 DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2005.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2005] [Revised: 10/18/2005] [Accepted: 10/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Accumulating evidence is emerging that B lymphocytes and autoantibodies are critical in the development of autoimmune disease. Even in certain disorders initially thought to be T cell-mediated, these immune components are now considered key players in the disease pathogenesis, and new autoantibody specificities have been added to the growing list of targets including cell surface receptors and ion channels that may be involved in a variety of neuropsychiatric and cardiovascular disorders. Studies of autoantibodies penetrating living cells suggest a dosage effect in generating a biological outcome in vivo. Some autoantibodies, such as those directed to double-stranded DNA, can bind to a variety of surrogate antigens located in different cellular compartments, and this may have different biological consequences. This polyreactive behavior could be related to their conformational diversity, or to the fact that the epitope recognized is distributed among other macromolecular antigens. In addition, recent studies revealed unsuspected mechanisms of pathogenesis, wherein autoantibodies have been described that can activate neuronal, endothelial cells or B lymphocytes. Other autoantibodies inactivate the target antigens, or exhibit a catalytic activity, releasing toxic oxygen products that may be linked to arthritic or atherosclerotic injury.
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Affiliation(s)
- Pak-Leong Lim
- Clinical Immunology Unit, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
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