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Autran-Martínez M, Cortes-Acevedo P, Cerón-Gutiérrez L, Davies S, Mendoza-Elvira ES, Martínez-Rodríguez HA, Liboni C, Pérez-Valencia V, Döffinger R, Barcenas-Morales G. High incidence of anti-cytokine autoantibodies in dogs with immune diseases suggests important immuno-regulatory functions. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2019; 214:109902. [PMID: 31378221 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2019.109902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2019] [Revised: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Autoantibodies against cytokines have been associated with immunodeficiency, susceptibility to infectious diseases, autoimmunity and inflammation in humans, but have not yet been investigated in the Veterinary field so far. The aim of the current study was to determine the presence of anti-cytokine autoantibodies in canines suffering from various conditions including recurrent infections, autoimmune diseases and cancer in comparison to healthy controls. This is the first report of the presence of autoantibodies against cytokines in dogs. A total of 101 serum samples (51 patients and 50 clinically healthy dogs) from the state of Mexico and surroundings were analysed using a multiplex bead-based flow cytometry assay. Results show significant levels of various anti-cytokine autoantibodies in diseased dogs but not in healthy controls. In addition we show distinct associations of various disease types to the specificity of anti-cytokine autoantibodies and to response complexities. Apart from the direct functional/causal implication of anti-cytokine auto-antibodies on disease processes, this findings point to the possibility to use anti-cytokine response patterns as diagnostic tools.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Autran-Martínez
- Laboratorio 2 Inmunología, Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES) Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM), Mexico
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- Laboratorio 2 Inmunología, Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES) Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM), Mexico
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Addenbrookes Hospital and National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Addenbrookes Hospital and National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología. FES Cuautitlan, UNAM, Estado de México, Mexico
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- Universitá degli studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche- Via Ugo Bassi, 58/B-35131 Padova Italy Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Cittá della Speranza-Corso Stati Uniti, 4-37127, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Addenbrookes Hospital and National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK.
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- Laboratorio 2 Inmunología, Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES) Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México (UNAM), Mexico
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